Using data on shareholder-initiated class action lawsuits in the US, I investigate the corporate scandals of US-listed foreign firms. The shareholders of scandal firms suffer considerable loss in both the short term and the long term. I document that firms domiciled in countries with weak...

Many U.S. IT companies began to realize the important role of tax planning in recent years and started strategically establishing retail subsidiaries in favorable tax jurisdictions. Significant increase of after-tax profits can be achieved by internally trading their own intellectual properties,...