Paper #1813

Títol:

The long-run effects of corporate tax reforms

Autors:

Isaac Baley i Andrés Blanco

Data:

Gener 2022

Resum:

We investigate the long-run effects of permanent corporate tax reforms on aggregate capital behavior. In an investment model with fixed adjustment costs and partial irreversibility, we show that corporate taxes and investment frictions jointly determine three interconnected macroeconomic outcomes: (i) capital allocation, (ii) capital valuation, and (iii) capital fluctuations around steady-state. Using corporate tax and firm-level investment data from Chile, we discover that a lower corporate income tax improves the allocation of capital, reduces capital valuation, and accelerates capital fluctuations.

Paraules clau:

corporate taxes, investment frictions, fixed adjustment costs, irreversibility, lumpiness, capital misallocation, Tobin’s q, transitional dynamics, inaction, propagation

Codis JEL:

D30, D80, E20, E30

Àrea de Recerca:

Macroeconomia i Economia Internacional

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