This study points to a relation between corporate taxation, bank leverage and costs of financial crises. The authors first estimate the effect of corporate taxa
Corporate income taxation (CIT) in most countries favors debt over equity financing, leading to over-indebtedness. This problem is particularly acute for the fi
Tax distortions are likely to have encouraged excessive leveraging and other financial market problems evident in the crisis. These effects have been little exp
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