Tax minimization strategies may lead to significant tax savings, which could, in turn, increase firm value. However, such strategies are also associated with significant costs, such as expected penalties and planning, agency, and reputation costs. The overall impact of firms' tax minimization...

This paper studies behavioral responses to taxes in financial markets. It is motivated by recent puzzling empirical evidence of taxable municipal bond yields significantly exceeding the level expected relative to tax exempt bonds. A behavioral explanation is a tax aversion bias, the phenomenon...

This study analyzes how the Big Five personality traits and professional experience affect the aggressiveness of tax preparers' recommendations. To this aim, we conduct a survey among tax professionals of a Big Four accounting firm and tax students. Using treatment-effects regressions, we find...

Die unterschiedliche Behandlung der Entlohnung von Beamten und Angestellten insbesondere bei der Sozialversicherung führt dazu, dass bei übereinstimmendem Nettogehalt die Bruttoentlohnung von Beamten unter der Bruttoentlohnung von Angestellten liegt. In dem Beitrag werden die...