Taxes, risky investments, and the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing

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  • Kay Blaufus
  • Britta Mantei
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1111-1141
Seitenumfang31
FachzeitschriftJournal of Business Economics
Jahrgang84
Ausgabenummer8
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2014

Abstract

By taking explicit account of liability limitations, we analyse the influence of taxes on the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing. In a two-state model for a single reporting period investors striving for maximisation of expected utility choose the organizational form (with or without liability limitation) in which they implement a given risky real investment and decide how they finance it (equity or debt). We demonstrate that liability limitations result in tax-relevant differences between organizational forms. Thus, for example, the tax bases differ in relation to the chosen liability-contingent debt capital compensations as well as to tax loss offset rules. Therefore, even in the event of identical tax rates, taxes can influence the decision regarding the organizational form.

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Taxes, risky investments, and the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing. / Blaufus, Kay; Mantei, Britta.
in: Journal of Business Economics, Jahrgang 84, Nr. 8, 11.2014, S. 1111-1141.

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Blaufus, K & Mantei, B 2014, 'Taxes, risky investments, and the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing', Journal of Business Economics, Jg. 84, Nr. 8, S. 1111-1141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-014-0713-9
Blaufus K, Mantei B. Taxes, risky investments, and the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing. Journal of Business Economics. 2014 Nov;84(8):1111-1141. doi: 10.1007/s11573-014-0713-9
Blaufus, Kay ; Mantei, Britta. / Taxes, risky investments, and the simultaneous choice of organizational form and financing. in: Journal of Business Economics. 2014 ; Jahrgang 84, Nr. 8. S. 1111-1141.
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