Using the 2008 corporate tax reform in China as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that compared to unaffected firms, firms facing tax increases report significantly lower profit margins to avoid paying more taxes, while there is no significant difference for firms facing a tax cut. Our results...

Shopping on e-commerce platforms is no longer a new phenomenon. Buying and selling goods on this medium naturally gives rise to cross-border transactions that involve the internet. Due to the size of the population, Chinese e- commerce platforms such as Taobao and T-Mall of Alibaba, and JD.Com...