01658cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007390 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451973969 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gropp, Reint. The Effect of Expected Effective Corporate Tax Rates on Incremental Financing Decisions / Reint Gropp. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper uses U.S. panel data to estimate the effect of expected effective corporate tax rates on firm's leverage. The paper directly estimates expected corporate tax rates using rational expectations. The estimated measures of the expected effective tax rates of firms are related to a continuous measure of incremental debt financing. The paper finds that expected effective tax rates are significantly and positively related to a higher level of debt financing. Simulations suggest that debt issues would double if firms were unable to shield profits and actually faced the statutory tax rate. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/046 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/046/001.1997.issue-046-en.xml IMF e-Library