How do investors value managerial actions designed solely to minimize corporate tax obligations? Using a framework in which managers' tax sheltering decisions are related to their ability to divert value, this paper predicts that the effect of tax avoidance on firm value should vary...

This paper analyzes the links between corporate tax avoidance, the growth of high-powered incentives for managers, and the structure of corporate governance. We develop and test a simple model that highlights the role of complementarities between tax sheltering and managerial diversion in...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Michael G. Allingham and Agnar Sandmo (1972), 'Income Tax Evasion: A Theoretical Analysis', Journal of Public Economics, 1 (3-4), 323-38 -- T.N. Srinivasan (1973), 'Tax Evasion: A Model', Journal of Public Economics, 2 (4), 339-46 -- Shlomo Yitzhaki...

Growing controversy surrounds the impact of labor unions on law enforcement behavior. Critics argue that unions impede organizational reform and insulate officers from discipline for misconduct. Yet collective bargaining tends to increase wages, which could improve officer behavior. We provide...