Taxes and the Global Allocation of Capital

David Backus (), Espen R. Henriksen and Kjetil Storesletten ()

No 13624, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Despite enormous growth in international capital flows, capital-output ratios continue to exhibit substantial heterogeneity across countries. We explore the possibility that taxes, particularly corporate taxes, are a significant source of this heterogeneity. The evidence is mixed. Tax rates computed from tax revenue are inversely correlated with capital-output ratios, as we might expect. However, effective tax rates constructed from official tax rates show little relation to capital -- or to revenue-based tax measures. The stark difference between these two tax measures remains an open issue.

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Date: 2007-11
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