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Journal of Finance Vol. 40 No. 1 1985

Personal Income Taxes and the January Effect: Small Firm Stock Returns Before the War Revenue Act of 1917: A Note

Paul Schultz

Bayer (Germany)

Abstract

This paper tests the tax explanation of the January effect by examining small firm stock returns before the War Revenue Act of 1917. No evidence of a turn‐of‐the‐year effect is found. This paper also extends previous authors' work on the subject to 1918–29. A January effect is found during that period.

DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1985.tb04954.x
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
333-343
Language
en
Sources
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