Small Business Property Tax Reductions and Firm Productivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14866948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karolis Matikonis (0000-0002-0685-1100, University College Dublin, corresponding author), Matthew Gobey (0000-0001-5943-2471, Manchester Metropolitan University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 307-324 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Business Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-898X • E-ISSN: 1573-0913 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11187-023-00768-0 |
| PMID | 38625175 |
| OpenAlex | W4376106027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 71 |
We investigate the productivity spillovers from the UK government’s decision to use extensive property tax reductions as a key instrument to stimulate innovation in smaller businesses and drive local growth. To capture the complex interaction and clustering of hierarchical effects, we apply non-parametric Random Effects Expectation Maximisation algorithm that complements more standard econometric estimators, namely matching to control for endogeneity and control functions to estimate total factor productivity. These approaches enabled us to incorporate various contextual configurations in comparing the recipients of these reductions to non-recipients with regard to productivity, in which the UK has experienced a considerably worse performance than its peers since the great recession. Contrary to policy assumptions and business community expectations, we show that generic tax reductions, when significant, are mostly associated with lower productivity and thus have been unsuitably chosen as a policy mechanism to stimulate productivity growth. We further show how instruments that are not built for causality could be beneficial for policy evaluation
Business · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Industrial organization · Macroeconomics · Productivity · Property (philosophy · Corporate Finance and Governance · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Finance
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |