Tax aggressiveness under concentrated ownership: The importance of long-term institutional investors

Michał Kałdoński and Tomasz Jewartowski

Finance Research Letters, 2024, vol. 65, issue C

Abstract: Using a sample of 1,707 firm-year observations for the period 2010–2019 based on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, we reveal the positive relation between corporate tax aggressiveness and long-term institutional ownership. Controlling for a “normal level” of tax avoidance within the industry and firm size we provide evidence that tax aggressiveness increases with the increase of shareholdings of independent long-term institutional investors, domestic long-term institutional investors, and long-term institutional investors holding relatively large stakes. This relation holds for firms prone to severe agency problems, such as family firms. Our results thus suggest that ownership structure affects corporate tax avoidance, in line with the agency perspective of corporate tax aggressiveness.

Keywords: Institutional investors; Institutional ownership; Corporate tax aggressiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 G30 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.105541

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