Tax policy effects on entrepreneurship in canada, 1984-2009: A dynamic panel provincial data approach

Marco Lugo Rodriguez

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Abstract: In this paper, we examine the effects of fiscal policy on entrepreneurship outcomes in the Canadian provinces for the 1984 2009 period. This is the first paper to assess the impact of taxation on entrepreneurship in Canada by using intensive-margin measures (i.e. entrepreneurial income and employment) instead of more commonly used participation measures, as they are thought to be more closely related to policy goals such as entrepreneurial sustainability. A dynamic panel data approach is employed in order to account for potential trends in both taxation policy and entrepreneurial outcomes. The results are consistent with previous literature of the United States and indicate that if the trends, caused by incomplete labour mobility among other things, are indeed important then tax policy has no statistically significant impact on the measured entrepreneurial outcomes.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; tax policy; dynamic panel estimators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12-01
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