The Value of Offshore Secrets: Evidence from the Panama Papers
We exploit one of the largest data leaks, to date, to study whether and how firms use secret offshore vehicles. From the leaked data, we identify 338 listed firms as users of secret offshore vehicles and document that these vehicles are used to finance corruption, avoid taxes, and expropriate shareh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
| Summary: | We exploit one of the largest data leaks, to date, to study whether and how firms use secret offshore vehicles. From the leaked data, we identify 338 listed firms as users of secret offshore vehicles and document that these vehicles are used to finance corruption, avoid taxes, and expropriate shareholders. Overall, the leak erased |
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| ISBN: | 08939454 (ISSN) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rfs/hhz017 |