Crabtree, Aaron; Kubick, Thomas - In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 42 (2014) 1, pp. 51-67
Consistent with an agency theory of tax avoidance, this study investigates the extent to which tax avoidance results in a less timely annual earnings announcement. Using 16,340 firm-years spanning the period 1993–2010, evidence is presented suggesting tax avoidance that manifests through...