Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54979 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-075
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper provides a quantitative review of the empirical literature on the tax impact on corporate debt financing. Synthesizing the evidence from 46 previous studies, we find that this impact is substantial. In particular, the tax rate proxy determines the outcome of primary analyses. Measures like the simulated marginal tax rate (Graham (1996a)) avoid a downward bias in estimates for the debt response to tax. Moreover, debt characteristics, econometric specifications, and the set of control-variables affect tax effects. Accounting for misspecification biases by means of meta-regressions, we predict a marginal tax effect on the debt ratio of 0.3.
Subjects: 
capital structure
corporate income tax
meta-analysis
JEL: 
G30
H32
F23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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