We investigate the impact of founding family ownership on accounting conservatism. Family ownership is characterized by large, under-diversified equity stake and long investment horizon. These features give family owners both the incentives and the ability to implement conservative financial...

Appendix is available at: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3182601" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3182601We study whether, and more importantly, through what mechanisms, quasi-indexers affect portfolio firms' tax planning by employing the discontinuity in quasi-indexer ownership around the Russell...

Original Paper is available at: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=2610826" https://ssrn.com/abstract=2610826These internet appendices provide supplementary analyses and robustness tests for the paper “How does quasi-indexer ownership affect corporate tax planning?”