Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis

This study examines the impact of board of director gender diversity on corporate tax aggressiveness. Based on a sample of 418 U.S. firms covering the 2006–2009 period (1672 firm-year observations), our ordinary least squares regression results show a negative and statistically significant associati...

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Main Authors: Lanis, R., Richardson, G., Taylor, Grantley
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Netherlands 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48094
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description This study examines the impact of board of director gender diversity on corporate tax aggressiveness. Based on a sample of 418 U.S. firms covering the 2006–2009 period (1672 firm-year observations), our ordinary least squares regression results show a negative and statistically significant association between female representation on the board and tax aggressiveness after controlling for endogeneity. Our results are consistent across several measures of tax aggressiveness and additional robustness checks.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-480942017-09-13T14:21:32Z Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis Lanis, R. Richardson, G. Taylor, Grantley This study examines the impact of board of director gender diversity on corporate tax aggressiveness. Based on a sample of 418 U.S. firms covering the 2006–2009 period (1672 firm-year observations), our ordinary least squares regression results show a negative and statistically significant association between female representation on the board and tax aggressiveness after controlling for endogeneity. Our results are consistent across several measures of tax aggressiveness and additional robustness checks. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48094 10.1007/s10551-015-2815-x Springer Netherlands restricted
spellingShingle Lanis, R.
Richardson, G.
Taylor, Grantley
Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title_full Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title_fullStr Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title_full_unstemmed Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title_short Board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: An empirical analysis
title_sort board of director gender and corporate tax aggressiveness: an empirical analysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48094