Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26351 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2306
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper shows that taxes which are understood to be neutral with respect to the marginal investment decisions may be distortionary with respect to entrepreneurial decisions. In particular, we apply an intertemporal model to show that a comprehensive income tax is distortionary unless all kinds of income are subject to the same tax rate and a worker's option to become an entrepreneur is accounted for. Similarly, the harsh condition of a uniform tax rate is necessary but not sufficient under new view dividend tax, cash flow tax, and ACE tax, so that the occupational choice is not distorted. In any case, informational problems may arise and lead to distortive effects.
Subjects: 
ACE tax
cash flow tax
dividend tax
Johansson-Samuelson theorem
real options
JEL: 
H25
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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