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title: Wealth Tax and Capital Gains
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4971415/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4971415
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4971415
featured: 2024-10-03
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Wealth Tax and Capital Gains

A study suggests that a wealth tax, combined with a capital gains tax, can rectify distortions in portfolio choice caused by capital gains taxations.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4971415
- Identifier: SSRN 4971415
- Released: 2024-09-30
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 68 (2024-10-03): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-10-03/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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