Taxation and Leverage in International Banking /

This paper explores how corporate taxes affect the financial structure of multinational banks. Guided by a simple theory of optimal capital structure it tests (i) whether corporate taxes induce subsidiary banks to raise their debt-asset ratio in light of the traditional debt bias; and (ii) whether i...

Descrición completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Gu, Grace Weishi
Outros autores: Mooij, Ruud A., Poghosyan, Tigran
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/281
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF