This paper examines the effects of corporate income taxation on equity prices. There is a current European-wide debate between advocates of tax harmonization and supporters of tax competition. Due to that, the level of importance of corporate taxes on the market value of European firms gathers...

Many European companies are attracted to Maltabecause of its full imputation system, more commonlyknown as the international holding company regime.In fact, a vast majority of German blue chips run aMalta holding or finance company.[...]

If German tax law was a river flowing over all businesstransactions and commercial accounting, thelast words of Norman Maclean in A River Runs ThroughIt best suit the traditional relationship between commercialand tax accounting. For more than 100 yearsthe principle of strict book-tax conformity...

Tax competition within the EU is fiercer than in the rest of the OECD with tax rates fallingrapidly. This paper analyzes tax responses of EU-15 countries to corporate tax changes in theEU-10 new member states as a function of their proximity to these new member states. Theaverage corporate tax...

We contend that information not yet considered by the extant research can significantly contribute to bankruptcy prediction, and investigate a possible association between abnormal changes in book-tax differences (BTDs) and bankruptcy. Using a hazard model and out of sample testing as in Shumway...

Balancing liquidity, growth and control -- Managing patient capital and shareholder liquidity -- Managing the cost of patient capital -- The role of family governance in family effect -- Keeping, selling, or expanding the family business -- Internal financial solutions : meeting shareholders :...