As companies seek to expand their operations, globally, a major regulatory bottleneck they encounter is that of Double Taxation. This portends a sort of nauseating feeling for investors who might find the tax burden too heavy to bear. Issues ranging from tax avoidance to outright evasion have...

We analyze to what extent more generous tax loss offset regulations are associated with a weaker decline and stronger recovery of firm stock prices during economic crises. We argue that an unrestricted loss carryforward and, particularly, an unrestricted loss carryback provides firms with...

The Taiwanese government offers firms that invest in qualified projects in emerging high-tech industries two mutually exclusive tax incentives—a corporate 5-year tax exemption or shareholder investment tax credits. This study examines whether corporate managers take shareholder tax benefits...