Do Corporate Taxes Hinder Innovation?

Abhiroop Mukherjee () and Alminas Zaldokas
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Abhiroop Mukherjee: Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

No 2017-16, HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief Series from HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Abstract: Abhiroop Mukherjee and Alminas Zaldokas, HKUST IEMS Faculty Associates, examined how tax changes influence patenting activity in corporations, and found that tax increases would likely lead to lower innovation, but it would not be easy to reverse these losses quickly by cutting taxes back later.

Keywords: corporate governance; development; emerging market and developing economies; emerging markets; innovation; patents; R&D; research and development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4 pages
Date: 2017-07, Revised 2017-07
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