We examine whether and how managers alter their tax avoidance strategies when the country adopts stricter competition laws. Using comprehensive data on competition laws from 44 countries, we find that firms engage in more tax avoidance when the country’s competition laws become stricter. This...

State-owned and other state-invested enterprises (SIEs) have become more prominent in the global economy over the last decade. A growing role for state-invested enterprises in the marketplace is not in itself onerous. According to an OECD consensus, as expressed through the Organisation’s...