Does reduced tax avoidance affect CSR? Evidence from a Quasi-natural experiment in China

Danyu Zhu, Zijun Luo and Han Qin

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2025, vol. 85, issue C, 479-493

Abstract: Using the staggered implementation of the Golden Tax Project III in China, this paper finds that firms exposed to stricter tax supervision reduce their corporate social responsibility. The potential mechanism is that the implementation of the Golden Tax Project III mitigates firms' potential reputation risk and also reduces their available resources, thus alleviating the motivation and ability of corporate social responsibility. This conclusion remains after a series of robustness tests. In addition, the impact is more pronounced in firms with poor corporate governance and regions with higher supervision quality and informatization levels. Our findings align with the risk management theory, supplementing new evidence for the debate on the association between tax avoidance and corporate social responsibility.

Keywords: Tax avoidance; Corporate social responsibility; Golden tax project III (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 G38 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2024.12.018

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