Do high taxes lock-in capital gains? Evidence from a dual income tax system

被引:10
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作者
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov [1 ]
Praski-Stahlgren, Ulrika [2 ]
Rudholm, Niklas [3 ]
机构
[1] Ratio Inst, S-10364 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Univ Gavle, Dept Econ, S-80176 Gavle, Sweden
[3] Dalarna Univ, Dept Econ, S-78188 Borlange, Sweden
关键词
Capital gains realizations; Tax avoidance; Tax policy; Panel data; REALIZATIONS; PERMANENT; TAXATION; REVENUE; MODEL;
D O I
10.1007/s11127-009-9526-8
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The purpose of this paper is to study whether investors' willingness to realize capital gains falls when the marginal tax rate on capital gains is raised. We use a rich register-based panel data set covering almost 8% of the Swedish population. The results indicate that a 10% increase in capital gains tax rate reduces the number of realizations of capital gains with 8.7% and the realized amount, given the decision to realize, with 1.9%. In addition, we find that wealthy individuals seem to respond more to changes in capital gains tax rates than less-wealthy.
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页码:25 / 38
页数:14
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