The moderating role of board gender diversity between power-based corporate governance and tax aggressiveness

Autores/as

  • Farzan Yahya Department of Business Administration, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan
  • Abdul Manan Department of Business Administration, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan
  • Muhammad Wasim Jan Khan Department of Management Sciences, University College of Zhob, BUITEMS (BUITEMS Sub-Campus Zhob) Balochistan
  • Muhammad Sadiq Hashmi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.10.2.2021.104-147

Resumen

The purpose of this study is to explore the moderating effect of board gender diversity on the relationship between power-based corporate governance (CEO power and concentrated ownership) and tax aggressiveness. The sample of this study is based on 2,071 firm-year observations over the period 2010 to 2018. We employed two-step GMM estimations to account for endogeneity and other statistical biases. The results show that CEO power increases the likelihood of tax aggressiveness while the link between the large controlling shareholders and tax-avoidance activities is not statistically significant. Lastly, the findings suggest that powerful CEOs manipulate female directors to promote tax aggressiveness behavior. 

Biografía del autor/a

Farzan Yahya, Department of Business Administration, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan

Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan

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Publicado

2021-05-31

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Yahya, F., Manan, A., Jan Khan, M. W., & Hashmi, M. S. (2021). The moderating role of board gender diversity between power-based corporate governance and tax aggressiveness. Economics and Business Letters, 10(2), 104–147. https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.10.2.2021.104-147

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Vol. 10 Núm. 2 (2021): June

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