Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142288 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 14.2016
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
In this article we focus on a representative firm that can decide when to invest under default risk. On the one hand, this firm can benefit from generous tax depreciation allowances, on the other hand it faces a default risk. Our aim is to study the effects of tax depreciation allowances in a risky environment. As will be shown in our numerical analysis, generous tax depreciation allowances lead to a decrease in a firm’s leverage and, in most cases, cause a reduction in default risk. This result has a strong policy implication, in that it shows that an investment stimulus pack is expected neither to increase the default risk nor to cause financial instability.
Subjects: 
Capital Structure
Contingent Claims
Corporate Taxation and Hybrid Securities
JEL: 
H2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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