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The Effect of Tax Aggressiveness on Investment EfficiencyGoldman, Nathan Chad, Goldman, Nathan Chad January 2016 (has links)
Tax aggressiveness generates significant cash savings and information asymmetry. Combining these two consequences of tax aggressiveness, I suggest that tax aggressiveness is associated with higher agency costs of free cash flows that affect investment decisions. Using the conditional investment efficiency model, I find evidence that tax aggressiveness is associated with more investments in firms with high access to investable funds, thus suggesting tax aggressiveness is associated with overinvestment. I also provide evidence that stronger tax monitoring and a change in tax disclosures mitigate the relation between tax aggressiveness and overinvestment. Lastly, I find that the overinvestment is associated with lower future abnormal returns. Thus, my results suggest that poor managerial investment decision making is an unintended consequence to tax aggressiveness. Additionally, I further the need for shareholders and board of directors to exert influence to avoid compensating managers for aggressive tax strategies.
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