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Entrepreneurs and income-shifting: Empirical evidence from a Finnish tax reform
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-01-14)
This study examines the extent of direct tax avoidance through income-shifting between wages and dividends, and approximates the deadweight loss due to this behavior for the owners of privately held corporations. The dual ...
The impact of tax incentives on the economic activity of entrepreneurs
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-01-10)
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects their economic activity. This paper studies the effect of two Finnish tax reforms, in 1997 and 1998, on the effort decisions ...
The Elasticity of Taxable Income and Income-shifting: What is "Real" and What is Not?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2014-09-11)
Previous literature shows that income taxation significantly affects the behavior of high-income earners and business owners. However, it is still unclear how much of the response is due to changes in effort and other real ...
Dividend taxes and decisions of MNEs: Evidence from a Finnish tax reform
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-10-12)
We explore how a firm-level tax on redistributed foreign profits affects the choices of a multinational enterprise (MNE) using evidence from a recent tax reform in Finland. The so-called equalization tax (EQT) used to be ...