Are family firms more tax aggressive than non-family firms?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-61

  Chen, Shuping ^a   Chen, Xia ^b   Cheng, Qiang ^b   Shevlin, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Family firms; Non tax costs; Tax aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350044476     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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