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Tax authority monitoring and corporate information disclosure quality in China

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  • Ye, Yongwei
  • Zeng, Lin
  • Tao, Yunqing
  • Yun, Feng

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This paper studies the effect of tax enforcement on corporate information disclosure quality by exploiting the enforcement of the “Golden Tax-III” project in China as an exogenous variation in the tax authority monitoring. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that an increase in tax monitoring improves corporate information disclosure quality. This effect is more pronounced in firms with weak external supervision, weak internal governance, and firms located in non-eastern areas, and areas with lower fiscal pressure. Mechanism tests show that tax authority monitoring improves information disclosure quality through tax compliance channels. Our findings document that public enforcement can exert a governance effect on enterprises, especially in developing countries and areas.

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  • Ye, Yongwei & Zeng, Lin & Tao, Yunqing & Yun, Feng, 2023. "Tax authority monitoring and corporate information disclosure quality in China," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:90:y:2023:i:c:s1057521923003885
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102872
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    Keywords

    Tax authority monitoring; Corporate information disclosure quality; Tax compliance; Public enforcement;
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    JEL classification:

    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance

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