Tahseen Hasan , Kose John , Haimeng Teng , Qiang Wu
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Abstract
This study examines the association between creative corporate culture and corporate tax avoidance. We construct a novel measure of creative corporate culture through the textual analysis of public firms’ 10-K reports. We find that firms with highly creative culture avoid taxes to a greater extent than firms with less creative culture. This effect is incremental to previously documented effects of research and development and intangible (e.g., patents) on tax avoidance. Overall, our study documents a negative outcome of creative corporate culture on corporate behavior in terms of tax avoidance.
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The British Accounting Review*is pleased to publish original scholarly papers across the whole spectrum of accounting and finance. The journal is eclectic and pluralistic and contributions are welcomed across a wide range of research methodologies (e.g. analytical, archival, experimental, survey and qualitative case methods) and topics (e.g. financial accounting, management accounting, finance and financial management, auditing, public sector accounting, social and environmental accounting; accounting education and accounting history), evidence from UK and non-UK sources are equally acceptable.