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Optimal Tax Risk And Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele Mccarty
Optimal Tax Risk And Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele Mccarty
Doctoral Dissertations
I use the tax reserve data available from FIN 48 to investigate whether equity market value and tax risk exhibit a concave association, consistent with an optimal level of tax risk from an equity valuation standpoint. I find a concave association between tax risk and firm value which suggests firm value is increasing in tax risk at a diminishing rate until an optimal level is reached, after which firm value is decreasing in tax risk. I do not find evidence of excessive risk taking in the context of tax avoidance. Instead almost all firms in my sample are below the …
The Correlation Between Off-Shoring And Tax Avoidance, Elena Svetlov
The Correlation Between Off-Shoring And Tax Avoidance, Elena Svetlov
Honors Thesis Program in the College of Management
This research paper intends to examine the relationship between U.S Multinational Corporation off-shoring and tax avoidance. This paper will address the following research question: How does off shoring affect the difference between taxable and book income of U.S. multinational firms? The research is conducted via statistical analysis of data from the Off shoring Research Network (ORN) database. The findings of this research paper will potentially be valuable to tax economists, policy makers, and business managers as the findings will provide a better understanding of worldwide tax allocation. Also, the findings of this research may be useful for the potential establishment …