How does quasi-indexer ownership affect corporate tax planning?

We study whether, and more importantly, through what mechanisms, quasi-indexers affect portfolio firms’ tax planning by employing the discontinuity in quasi-indexer ownership around the Russell 1000/2000 index cutoff. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that higher quasi-indexer ownersh...

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Main Authors: Chen, S. (Author), Huang, Y. (Author), Li, N. (Author), Shevlin, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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