一、主题:Do Intangible Assets Foster Corporate Tax Avoidance?
二、主讲人:吴锴
吴锴,美国康奈尔大学金融学博士。现任suncitygroup太阳新城助理教授、私募投资基金研究中心副主任。在Journal of Corporate Finance、Nature Communications、Journal of Commodity Markets, Journal of Cleaner Production、Journal of Futures Markets、《金融研究》(2篇)等杂志发表论文。国家自然科学基金面上项目主要参与人,suncitygroup太阳新城青年科研创新团队成员。曾获2020年度suncitygroup太阳新城骋望一流学术成果奖、亚洲金融学年会最佳博士论文奖、美国东部金融学会最佳公司金融论文奖。研究成果被中国能源网、中国期货业协会、人大复印资料报道及转载。
三、点评人:倪骁然
倪骁然,清华大学经济学学士、应用经济学(金融学方向)博士。现任厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院副教授、博士生导师。主要研究领域为公司金融,当前研究专长主要包括:利益相关者视角下的公司治理;制度变化与企业行为;企业信息环境。在《经济研究》(2篇)、《管理世界》、《经济学(季刊)》、《金融研究》(2篇)、《中国工业经济》、Journal of Corporate Finance(4篇)、Journal of Banking and Finance(2篇)等国内外重要学术期刊发表论文20余篇。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目。多次获得国际国内学术会议优秀论文奖。
四、时间&地点:2021年3月11日(星期四)上午10:00-11:30;腾讯会议【966 225 031】
五、主持人: 彭俞超 副教授,学术交流部主任
六、内容简介
Abstract
Although existing studies have documented ample evidence on the positive role of intangible assets in corporate tax avoidance, they mainly focus on the scale of intangible assets, whereas the productivity of intangible assets is not accounted. Using intangible intensity to measure both the scale and productivity of intangible assets, we find that intangible intensity is negatively associated with corporate tax avoidance for the U.S. listed firms from 1985 to 2017. The decomposition of intangible intensity identifies goodwill as the driving force in this negative relationship. Moreover, we find firm productivity is the mediating channel in the relationship between intangible assets and corporate tax avoidance. The negative association is more pronounced in firms with low CEO pay-performance sensitivity, less corporate diversification, and a lack of foreign revenues. Overall, our findings suggest that intangible asset productivity plays a critical role in corporate tax policies.