Investment Opportunity Sets, Operating Uncertainty, and Capital Market Pressure: Determinants of Investments in Tax Shelter Activities?
2012 AAA Annual Meeting - Tax Concurrent Sessions
Posted: 18 Jul 2012
Last revised: 24 Jul 2013
Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting
University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
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Date Written: July 18, 2012
Abstract
This study examines whether factors that influence firms’ overall investment strategies also influence the decision to invest in a tax shelter. Our results suggest that firms with large investment opportunity sets are less likely to invest in tax shelters. We also find that firms with greater operating uncertainty are less likely to invest in tax shelters. Finally, we find that firms with greater capital market pressure are more likely to invest in tax sheltering activities. In combination, our evidence suggests that the likelihood that a firm will invest in tax sheltering activities is a function of its overall investment strategy.
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Suggested Citation
McGuire, Sean T. and Omer, Thomas C. and Wilde, Jaron H., Investment Opportunity Sets, Operating Uncertainty, and Capital Market Pressure: Determinants of Investments in Tax Shelter Activities? (July 18, 2012). 2012 AAA Annual Meeting - Tax Concurrent Sessions. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2112366 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2112366
