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...

This study investigates to what extent U.S. multinational corporations’ (MNCs) executives affect the tax planning of their foreign subsidiaries. Our results show that parent executives (CEOs and CFOs) do not affect foreign subsidiaries’ tax planning (profit shifting and effective tax rates)....

Under a worldwide tax system, firms pay taxes on their domestic income and repatriated foreign income, whereas under a territorial tax system repatriated foreign income is exempt from taxation. We examine whether worldwide tax systems reduce the incentives of multinational corporations to engage...

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...

This research note aims to enrich our understanding of reporting incentives of firms listed in European exchange-regulated markets. Many initial public offerings (IPOs) in Europe are within exchange-regulated markets where firms are allowed to choose between local GAAP and IFRS. Therefore, this...