The public criticism of corporate tax planning that emerged in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis reflects a changing societal norm about corporate tax planning. While a growing body of research suggests that societal norms influence personal income tax decisions, more research is...

Tax codes regularly create conflicts of interests between small and large shareholders with respect to the payout decision of firms. We use this fact to study (i) whether firm behavior reflects preferences of blockholders and (ii) the effectiveness of minority shareholder protection on...

Johnson proposes that shareholder gain from a dividend be determined based on the shareholder's own situation rather than the corporate earnings and profits account, which is often dysfunctional. If the stock value drops below the shareholder's basis by reason of the dividend, the shareholder...

We study the role of information exchange, leadership and coordination in team or partnership structures. For this purpose, we view individuals jointly engaging in productive processes-a "team"-as endowed with individual and privately held information on the joint production process. Once...