The role of creditor protection in lending and tax avoidance

Jahr: 2022

Typ: Journal Publication

Fachzeitschrift: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

We examine how creditor rights affect the trade-off between non-debt and debt tax shields. Using four bankruptcy reforms and a panel of private and public firms from Italy, we show that laws empowering creditors reduce tax avoidance and increase debt financing, consistent with firms substituting non-debt tax shields with debt tax shields. We corroborate the validity of our findings using a panel of public firms across 33 countries. Additionally, we document that the impact of creditor protection laws is mitigated by tax system characteristics, which significantly reduce the incentives to substitute tax avoidance with debt.

Veröffentlichungsinformationen

TRR 266 researchers

Martin Jacob IESE Business School

External researchers

Antonio De Vito

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forthcoming

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To cite this article

De Vito, A., & Jacob, M. (2022). The role of creditor protection in lending and tax avoidance. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3727201

Zugehörige Projekte

B01

Investment Effects of Multidimensional Taxation

+ 5

Beteiligte Institutionen

Die Hauptstandorte vom TRR 266 sind die Universität Paderborn (Sprecherhochschule), die HU Berlin und die Universität Mannheim. Alle drei Standorte sind seit vielen Jahren Zentren für Rechnungswesen- und Steuerforschung. Hinzu kommen Wissenschaftler der LMU München, der Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, der Universität zu Köln und der Leibniz Universität Hannover, die die gleiche Forschungsagenda verfolgen.