CEO Power, Board Tenure Diversity and Tax Avoidance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia

Guat Khim Hooy () and Lian Kee Phua ()
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Guat Khim Hooy: Accounting Section, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Lian Kee Phua: Accounting Section, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 2023, vol. 60, issue 2, 145-162

Abstract: This study aims to assess the relationship between CEO power and tax avoidance and the moderating effects of board tenure diversity on this connection. Based on firms listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia from 2009 to 2019, the study finds that CEOs with more dimensions of power are more likely to engage in tax avoidance activities. Further tests reveal that this positive association is strengthened by board tenure diversity, suggesting that a more diverse board tenure increases CEO competence in tax avoidance.

Keywords: Tax avoidance; effective tax rate; CEO power; board tenure diversity; emerging market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22452/MJES.vol60no2.1

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