We examine the capital market reaction to the announcement of the European Union (EU) to introduce a public tax country-by-country reporting (CbCR) regime. By employing an event study methodology, we find a significant cumulative average abnormal return (CAAR) of -0.699%, which translates into a monetary value drop of approximately EUR 65 billion. We conclude that investors evaluate reputational risks arising from public scrutiny and competitive disadvantages to outweigh potential benefits of an extended information environment or more sustainable corporate tax strategies. In cross-sectional tests, we find that the average investor reaction is more pronounced for firms with low effective book tax rates, indicating that reputational concerns play a significant role in the marginal investor's investment behavior. Furthermore, our cross-sectional results indicate that the market reaction is stronger for firms operating in industries with high growth in market participants, providing an initial indication for the role of the competitive environment as an additional channel. Our inferences are of particular importance in light of the current ongoing debates on similar disclosure rules (particularly in the United States; cf. "Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act") as well as for sustainability standard setters.
Résumé Entre 1880 et 1920, le livre français est présent en Italie sous différentes formes : en version originale, comme en traduction. Dans un pays dont les élites sont très majoritairement francophones, où la culture française est une référence constante, dans un pays aussi qui a récemment achevé son unité territoriale et s’est engagé dans un processus d’unification culturelle qui passe par un élargissement du lectorat, le livre est un vecteur majeur de la présence culturelle française. Cette présence peut être mesurée précisément grâce aux séries bibliographiques nationales mises en place à partir de 1885 pour recenser les ouvrages publiés en Italie et les ouvrages étrangers acquis par les bibliothèques italiennes. Dans un marché éditorial en pleine expansion, caractérisé par l’émergence de maisons de dimension nationale, la traduction de livres français, et tout particulièrement de romans populaires issus des feuilletons de la presse parisienne, est particulièrement active et constitue le vecteur majeur de la conquête de nouveaux publics, nés des progrès de l’alphabétisation. Largement présent dans les fonds, dans les bibliothèques publiques de la Péninsule, le livre en français est un support majeur de la diffusion des savoirs académiques, en particulier en matière de médecine, d’histoire ou de critique littéraire, alors que les ouvrages de philosophie ou de philologie étaient plus fréquemment importés d’Allemagne.
In response to discussions about large multinational enterprises' tax planning activities, legislators around the world have adopted numerous regulations to increase corporate tax transparency. New settings and datasets have spurred empirical research in recent years. Our paper presents a review of this emerging literature on corporate tax transparency. To this end, we first propose a framework to structure the diverse landscape of tax-related disclosures. Second, we elaborate on the conceptual underpinnings of tax transparency by drawing on established theories from financial accounting and CSR reporting research. Third, we survey empirical evidence on corporate tax transparency. We classify the findings into (i) determinants of firms' tax disclosure decisions, (ii) informativeness of different kinds of tax-related disclosure, and (iii) effects of increased tax transparency on firms and their stakeholders. Finally, we synthesize the main inferences and offer suggestions for future research.
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