This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between corporate tax avoidance, and investment inefficiency. Based on a sample of 82,487 firm-year observations across 38 countries, we find that tax avoidance is positively associated with inefficient investments. Particularly, the positive...

CONSTANTIN ZOPOUNIDIS, PHD,is professor of Financial Engineering and Operations Research at Technical University of Crete in Greece and distinguished research professor at Audencia Nantes School of Management in France. EMILIOS GALARIOTIS, PHD (Dunelm), HDR,is professor of Finance at Audencia...