Thin Capitalization Rules and Entrepreneurial Capital Structure Decisions
A. Maßbaum, and C. Sureth. BuR - Business Research, 2 (2):
147-169(December 2009)
Abstract
Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debt
financing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In a
general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and financing
decisions, and whether they can partially explain why corporations receive both debt and equity
capital. We model the Belgian, German and Italian rules as examples. We find that the so-called Miller
equilibrium and definite financing effects depend significantly on the underlying tax system. Further,
our results are useful for the treasury to decide what thin capitalization type to implement.
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%X Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debt
financing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In a
general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and financing
decisions, and whether they can partially explain why corporations receive both debt and equity
capital. We model the Belgian, German and Italian rules as examples. We find that the so-called Miller
equilibrium and definite financing effects depend significantly on the underlying tax system. Further,
our results are useful for the treasury to decide what thin capitalization type to implement.
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general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and financing
decisions, and whether they can partially explain why corporations receive both debt and equity
capital. We model the Belgian, German and Italian rules as examples. We find that the so-called Miller
equilibrium and definite financing effects depend significantly on the underlying tax system. Further,
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