Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201322 
Title (translated): 
Taxation, Profit Distribution and Investment of Non-listed Companies in Finland
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Report No. 40
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper studies the taxation of non-listed companies and their owners in Finland. We first describe the main features of the Finnish tax system regarding the taxation of dividends from non-listed companies. We use firm-level data to illustrate how the tax incentives are reflected in firms’ profit distribution policies. We then build a dynamic investment model that features the main characteristics of the Finnish dividend taxation. In the model, entrepreneurs face a borrowing constraint and have a consumption smoothing motive. We use the model to investigate how the current dividend taxation affects the investment incentives. The results illustrate how the current dividend taxation in certain cases distorts firms’ investment decisions.
Subjects: 
Dividend taxation
Non-listed companies
Firm investment
JEL: 
D92
G35
H24
Document Type: 
Research Report

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