This paper tests the notion that private firms are more tax aggressive than public firms. Tax avoidance measures, e.g. effective tax rates, cannot be used to compare private and public firms when private and public firms have different levels of importance on financial accounting earnings...

We examine whether higher accounting comparability between public and private firms facilitates the valuation of private firms and, in particular, impacts the value relevance of private firms' financial reporting in M&A transactions. To help develop our hypotheses, we conduct a series of...

The international dimension of multinational corporations (MNCs) creates opportunities for pursuing both global as well as local (i.e., subsidiary-level) tax planning strategies. Until now, we have surprisingly little insights into the dynamics of these local versus global tax planning...

This paper empirically investigates the interplay of price regulation on the product market and accounting choices. Specifically, we analyze the impact of regulated prices in the German utility sector on the decision to adopt a new accounting regulation one year in advance of the otherwise...

This paper examines the asset write-off behavior of loss firms in response to tax rule changes. In particular, we investigate two simultaneous changes in tax loss carryforward offsetting in opposite directions in Germany and France. Understanding if and how tax losses affect firms’ financial...

In this paper, we examine how political risk affects the number of international research collaborations by exploiting the uncertainty surrounding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), commonly referred to as Brexit. Specifically, we focus on the period after...

We investigate how auditor alignment, i.e. parent and subsidiary are audited by auditors from the same audit firm network, affects the quality of the internal information environment of groups and their subsidiaries decision making and performance management processes. We predict that auditor...

This paper examines if and how mass media enhances entrepreneurial activities. Specifically, we use the staggered introduction of the television show Dragons' Den, also known as Shark Tank, across countries to analyze the impact of mass media on entrepreneurial activity. The show consists of...