The choice of organizational form by closely-held firms in Sweden: tax versus non-tax determinants

Author: Edmark Karin   Gordon Roger H.  

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN: 1464-3650

Source: Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol.22, Iss.1, 2013-02, pp. : 219-243

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Abstract

This article makes use of individual data from 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely held businesses in Sweden to estimate the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice to be a closely held corporation (CHC) versus a proprietorship. Although lower-income individuals face relatively neutral incentives, higher-income households face strong tax incentives to be corporate. The data suggest a strong response to these tax incentives. Many conventional non-tax determinants are confirmed in the data as well.