 Allowances for Corporate Equity in PracticeCESifo Economic Studies, 2007, vol. 53, issue 2, 229-262 Abstract: This article provides an overview of full and partial allowance for corporate equity (ACE) tax systems in practice. In the recent past, ACE systems existed in Austria, Croatia and Italy. Brazil still applies a variant of such a system and Belgium introduced one in 2006. This article summarizes the empirical literature on past ACE systems, and provides a theoretical and empirical assessment of the Brazilian ACE variant. The main finding is that the Brazilian reform introduced an ACE system for a minority of firms only, with the majority instead having a system of dividend deductibility. Despite the reduction in the tax preference for debt finance, capital structures have not changed much, but dividends have increased. Investment appears to have benefited from the reform, although the extent to which this was due to the new structure rather than the tax cut is unclear. (JEL codes: H25, H21, C33) Copyright , Oxford University Press. Date: 2007 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:cesifo:v:53:y:2007:i:2:p:229-262 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article CESifo Economic Studies is currently edited by Panu Poutvaara More articles in CESifo Economic Studies from CESifo Group Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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