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Asymmetric Taxes

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Asymmetric taxes
When participants in a transaction have different net tax rates.

Asymmetric Taxes
A situation in which two parties to a transaction pay different tax rates. This may affect what one party or the other desires about the timing, price, or other factors regarding the transaction.


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The tax system offers insurance for taking risk because taxes depend on outcomes; however, asymmetric taxes on different outcomes, such as progressive rates, may discourage risk taking.
As shown by Green and Talmor |10~, the effect of asymmetric taxes on investments and firm value will depend on whether or not the tax shields exceed the promised payments to the bondholder.
 
 
 
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