Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322467 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP25/18
Publisher: 
University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics, Dublin
Abstract: 
We examine changes in the corporate tax rate across the U.S. and their implications on the pricing and quantity of loans. We find that the cost of credit decreases (increases) by approximately ten (nine) basis points in response to a one percentage tax cut (hike). The estimates are more pronounced for large tax decreases and are relatively uniform across loan types. Our findings mainly originate from the demand side, with large and more profitable firms being able to mitigate the effects of the decrease in the corporate tax rate. The effect on the equilibrium loan amount is statistically and economically insignificant, consistent with a weak supply effect and an inelastic loan supply curve.
Subjects: 
Corporate taxation
Cost of credit
Syndicated loans
Loan demand
Loan supply
JEL: 
G21
F31
F33
F34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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