Momentum strategies based on continuations in stock prices have become increas-ingly popular among academics, money managers, and investors in recent years. While there is little controversy on the profitability of momentum strategies, their implementation is afflicted with many difficulties....

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) require a company to account forcurrent and future tax consequences, due to transactions and other events recognised inprofit or loss (IAS 12). Reported tax expense (tax income) seems to be relevant for bothcompany tax management (Bolton,...

Business groups in emerging markets perform better than unaffiliatedfirms. One explanation is that business groups substitute some functions ofmissing institutions, for example, enforcing contracts. We investigate thisby setting up a model where firms within the business group are connectedto...

In der Literatur werden zahlreiche Versuche unternommen, das Investitionsverhalten von Unternehmen durch die Anwendung ökonometrischer Modelle zu verstehen. Die Spezifikation dieser Modelle stützt sich in der jüngeren Vergangenheit auf zwei Theoriebereiche. Zum einen ist dies die neue...

In many decentralized corporations the allocation of financial funds especially for large projects depends on requests by subordinated divisions and subsidiaries. In this context there often exists a conflict of interests between the applicants and the headquarters...

Der Beitrag untersucht die Vorteilhaftigkeit von Finanzierungsalternativen für Investitionenin Personenunternehmen nach der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008. AlsFinanzierungsalternativen werden dabei Selbstfinanzierung, Beteiligungsfinanzierung,Gesellschafterfremdfinanzierung und Fremdfinanzierung...

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht den Einfluss der Besteuerung auf die Bereitschaftvon Investoren, riskante und irreversible Investitionen durchzuführen. AlsErweiterung der vorliegenden Literatur wird ein einfaches Ertragsteuersystem inein realoptionsbasiertes Modell irreversibler...

This paper proposes the introduction of a consumption-based corporate income tax in the European Union. Our proposal would guarantee neutrality regarding investment decisions and at the same time increase cost-efficiency. The proposal is based on the S-base cash flow tax, where transactions...

Analysis of investment decisions under uncertainty does not provide a general analytical description ofinvestor reactions towards profit tax rate changes. We use a real option model and find distorting taxtreatment of risk-free and risky investment. We analytically identify general paradoxical...