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A Dynamic Analysis of the Research and Experimentation Credit

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Uses tax return data to investigate the incentive effect of the incremental research and experimentation credit. Estimates that the average effective rate of credit in 1981 was less than one-tenth of the statutory rate.

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  • Altshuler, Rosanne, 1988. "A Dynamic Analysis of the Research and Experimentation Credit," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 41(4), pages 453-466, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:41:y:1988:i:4:p:453-66
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41788753
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    1. Alan J. Auerbach & James M. Poterba, 1987. "Tax-Loss Carryforwards and Corporate Tax Incentives," NBER Chapters, in: Taxes and Capital Formation, pages 89-92, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    3. Jing Huang & Linda Krull & Rosemarie Ziedonis, 2020. "R&D Investments and Tax Incentives: The Role of Intra‐Firm Cross‐Border Collaboration," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(4), pages 2523-2557, December.
    4. Bronwyn Hall, 1992. "R&D Tax Policy During the Eighties: Success or Failure?," NBER Working Papers 4240, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Robert S. Chirinko & Daniel J. Wilson, 2023. "Fiscal Foresight and Perverse Distortions to Firm Behavior: Anticipatory Dips and Compensating Rebounds," Working Paper Series 2021-15, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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    7. Saunoris, James W. & Payne, James E., 2011. "An Empirical Note on R&D Growth Models with Regional Implications," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 41(01), pages 1-6.
    8. Robert S. Chirinko & Daniel J. Wilson, 2023. "Job Creation Tax Credits, Fiscal Foresight, and Job Growth: Evidence from US States," National Tax Journal, University of Chicago Press, vol. 76(3), pages 481-523.
    9. Irem Guceri, 2018. "Will the real R&D employees please stand up? Effects of tax breaks on firm-level outcomes," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 25(1), pages 1-63, February.
    10. James R. Hines, Jr. & R. Glenn Hubbard & Joel Slemrod, 1993. "On the Sensitivity of R&D to Delicate Tax Changes: The Behavior of U. S. Multinationals in the 1980s," NBER Chapters, in: Studies in International Taxation, pages 149-194, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    14. Bronwyn H. Hall, 1993. "R&D Tax Policy during the 1980s: Success or Failure?," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 7, pages 1-36, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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