Little is known about how banks shift profits to low-tax countries. Because of their specific business model, banks use profit shifting channels different from those of other firms. We propose a novel and bank-specific method of profit shifting: the strategic relocation of proprietary trading to...

Grantley Tayler Grant Richardson Ahmed Al-Hadi and Ivan Obaydin. Abstract: This study examines the effect of tax haven utilization on the implied cost of equity capital (ICOE) based on a sample of publicly-listed U.S. multinational firms over the 2006–2014 period. Our regression results show...

Incorporating the firm’s corporate parent in a tax haven is a major decision that receives significant attention from many stakeholders, yet certain implications of this corporate strategy remain unclear. While tax haven incorporation offers tax savings, it also imposes risks that are...

Incorporating the firm’s corporate parent in a tax haven is a major decision that receives significant attention from many stakeholders, yet certain implications of this corporate strategy remain unclear. While tax haven incorporation offers tax savings, it also imposes risks that are...