We study the effect of tax policy on stock market returns in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom using GARCH models and a unique daily dataset of legislative tax changes during the period 1 December 1978 to 31 January 2018. We find that days of discretionary tax legislation during...

This study examines the market reaction to the adoption of an allowance for tax amortization of purchased goodwill. Specifically, this study compares the market reaction between asset-acquiring firms with substantial purchased goodwill, which could most utilize this provision, and...

We study the optimal design of corporate tax policy in a textbook life-cycle model featuring two key deviations: (i) firms are imperfectly competitive and (ii) households save by purchasing equity shares in a stock market. In this simple environment, the financial wealth of savers is equal to...

The paper analyzes empirically the impact of switching to Taiwan's new Integrated Tax System in 1998 on the valuation of dividends. The Elton & Gruber [Rev. Econ. Stat. 1970] model is used to analyze the ratio of the ex-day stock price drop-off to the cash dividend per share. After adjusting for...