Taxes and the choice between risky and risk-free debt: on the neutrality of credit default taxation
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Keywords
Tax neutrality; Default risk; Capital structure; Firm valuation; Financial neutrality; G32; G33; H25;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
- H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
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