Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Tax Aggressiveness

Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Tax Aggressiveness

Evidence from Listed French Companies

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The purpose of this study is to model the tax aggressiveness in France. From a sample of 43 companies belonging to the SBF 120 index over the period 2005-2015, we investigate whether there is a relationship between the corporate governance structure (that is board size, board independence and CEO duality), CEO compensation and demographics (namely age and tenure) and audit fees with the corporate tax aggressiveness. Our findings highlight in particular the great influence of corporate governance structure and CEO compensation on tax aggressiveness level. Our findings are robust to a battery of...