The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Firm Valuation

Dan Givoly and Carla Hayn

The Journal of Business, 1991, vol. 64, issue 3, 363-92

Abstract: The authors examine the aggregate and distributional effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on equity values of publicly traded corporations. The results show that the effect of the act on the aggregate equity value of corporations was consistent with the present value of the projected added tax collection from the corporate sector. The cross-sectional variation in the magnitude and direction of the stock price response to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was a function of both the direct and indirect consequences of the act on the firms' future cash flows. Copyright 1991 by University of Chicago Press.

Date: 1991
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