We investigate the impact of mandatory transparency disclosure requirements on tax avoidance in US bank holding companies. We use the implementation of the Dodd-Frank bank stress tests as our identification strategy. Using regression discontinuity to exploit the quasi-experimental properties of...

Regulatory bank levies set incentives for banks to reduce leverage. At the same time, corporate income taxation makes funding through debt more attractive. In this paper, we explore how regulatory levies affect bank capital structure, depending on corporate income taxation. Based on bank balance...

In this paper, I review the empirical literature in the intersection of banks and corporate income taxation that emerged over the last two decades. To structure the included studies, I use a stakeholder approach and outline how corporate income taxation plays into the relation of banks and their...