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Investment Incentives Under the Alternative Minimum Tax

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  • Lyon, Andrew B.

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Develops a model of the cost of capital for firms anticipating Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) liability. Finds that in many circumstances investments are actually favored under the AMT relative to the regular tax system.

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  • Lyon, Andrew B., 1990. "Investment Incentives Under the Alternative Minimum Tax," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 43(4), pages 451-465, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:43:y:1990:i:4:p:451-65
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41788865
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    1. Caren Sureth & Ralf Maiterth, 2006. "Wealth Tax As Alternative Minimum Tax ? - the Impact of Minimum Taxation on Business Structure and Strategy -," EcoMod2006 272100093, EcoMod.
    2. Sureth, Caren & Voß, Armin, 2005. "Investitionsbereitschaft und zeitliche Indifferenz bei Realinvestitionen unter Unsicherheit und Steuern," arqus Discussion Papers in Quantitative Tax Research 2, arqus - Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre.
    3. Andrew B. Lyon & Gerald Silverstein, 1995. "The Alternative Minimum Tax and the Behavior of Multinational Corporations," NBER Chapters, in: The Effects of Taxation on Multinational Corporations, pages 153-180, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Rainer Niemann, 2006. "Wirkungen der Abschnittsbesteuerung auf internationale Investitions- und Repatriierungsentscheidungen," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 58(7), pages 928-957, November.
    5. Austan Goolsbee, 2000. "The Importance of Measurement Error in the Cost of Capital," NBER Working Papers 7558, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Niemann, Rainer, 2004. "Entscheidungswirkungen von Verlustverrechnungsbeschränkungen bei der Steuerplanung grenzüberschreitender Investitionen," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 276, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
    7. B. Anthony Billings & Sergei N. Glazunov, 2004. "The Effect of Taxes on the Retirement of Machinery and Equipment," Public Finance Review, , vol. 32(3), pages 235-268, May.
    8. Carlson, Curtis & Metcalf, Gilbert E., 2008. "Energy Tax Incentives and the Alternative Minimum Tax," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 61(3), pages 477-491, September.
    9. Niemann, Rainer, 2007. "Risikoübernahme, Arbeitsanreiz und differenzierende Besteuerung," arqus Discussion Papers in Quantitative Tax Research 28, arqus - Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre.
    10. Auerbach, Alan J., 2002. "Taxation and corporate financial policy," Handbook of Public Economics, in: A. J. Auerbach & M. Feldstein (ed.), Handbook of Public Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 19, pages 1251-1292, Elsevier.
    11. Niemann, Rainer, 2003. "Wie schädlich ist die Mindestbesteuerung? Steuerparadoxa in der Verlustrechnung," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 259, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
    12. Mackie, James B. III, 2002. "Unfinished Business of the 1986 Tax Reform Act: An Effective Tax Rate Analysis of Current Issues in theTaxation of Capital Income," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 55(2), pages 293-337, June.
    13. Rainer Niemann, 2004. "Asymmetric Taxation and Cross-Border Investment Decisions," CESifo Working Paper Series 1219, CESifo.
    14. Kalcheva, Ivalina & Plečnik, James M. & Tran, Hai & Turkiela, Jason, 2020. "(Un)intended consequences? The impact of the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act on shareholder wealth," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    15. Caren Sureth & Ralf Maiterth, 2008. "The impact of minimum taxation by an imputable wealth tax on capital budgeting and business strategy of German companies," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 2(2), pages 81-110, July.
    16. Park, Jongsang, 2016. "The impact of depreciation savings on investment: Evidence from the corporate Alternative Minimum Tax," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 87-104.
    17. Mackie, James B. III, 2002. "Unfinished Business of the 1986 Tax Reform Act: An Effective Tax Rate Analysis of Current Issues in theTaxation of Capital Income," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association, vol. 55(N. 2), pages 293-337, June.
    18. Andrew B. Lyon, 1992. "Tax Neutrality Under Parallel Tax Systems," Public Finance Review, , vol. 20(3), pages 338-358, July.
    19. Andrew B. Lyon & Gerald Silverstein & R. Glenn Hubbard, 1995. "Alternative Minimum Tax Rules and Multinational Corporations," NBER Chapters, in: Taxing Multinational Corporations, pages 39-50, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    20. Boone, Jeff P., 1998. "The effect of the corporate alternative minimum tax on investment in oil and gas exploration and development," Journal of Energy Finance & Development, Elsevier, vol. 3(2), pages 101-128.

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