Implications of a Lower Capital Gains Tax Rate in the United States.

This paper reviews the literature on the revenue implications of a lower capital gains tax rate in the United States. The existing empirical research indicates that the timing of realizations is sensitive to tax changes but is inconclusive on the long-run revenue implications. No study claims that t...

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Korporacja: International Monetary Fund
Format: Czasopismo
Język:English
Wydane: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Seria:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/100
Dostęp online:Full text available on IMF
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