Do capital gain tax rate increases affect individual investors' trading decisions?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-57

  Seida, Jim A ^a   Wempe, William F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital gain taxes; G10; H24; Stock transactions; Taxation; Trading volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043281991     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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