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We investigate how shareholder-and-debtholder conflicts of interest affect corporate tax avoidance using a unique setting of the affiliated and unaffiliated commercial bankers’ board representation. We find that appointing affiliated banker directors, but not unaffiliated banker directors,...
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We examine the shareholder response to heightened regulation of corporate tax planning advice through the covered opinions rules under U.S. Treasury Department Circular No. 230. These rules imposed extensive due diligence obligations and drafting requirements on tax professionals for a broad...
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Using a new measure on the concentration of controlling shareholders’ wealth within a business group (i.e., controlling shareholders’ value), this paper investigates whether and how controlling shareholders’ value affects corporate tax planning. Based on a sample of Korean business groups...
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model with strategic interaction between managers and outside shareholders, we hypothesize that, while an increase in the …
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explanation is that managers require to be compensated for the additional risk inherent in running an aggressive tax strategy. In …
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This study examines the effect of managers' career concerns on tax avoidance using the staggered recognition by state … managers from joining or forming a rival company. We argue that the IDD recognition increases the cost of job loss for managers … influence the current employer's assessment of their ability. The IDD recognition also reduces opportunities for managers who …
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We examine the effect of CEO narcissism on an especially aggressive form of corporate tax avoidance: tax sheltering. Narcissism is a multifaceted personality trait associated with a sense of superiority and a propensity to engage in questionable behavior. Narcissists feel that they are above the...
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explanation is that managers require to be compensated for the additional risk inherent in running an aggressive tax strategy. In …
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This study examines the relation between executives' inside debt holdings and corporate tax risk. As executives' inside debt holdings are unsecured and unfunded, they should align executives' interests with those of outside debtholders and incentivize executives to act more conservatively toward...
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taxes on owners of large firms affect firm activity in models that include agency conflicts between owners and managers …
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