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1、译文一：企业税收筹划的有效性：基于对报酬的激励作用（上）译文二：企业税收筹划的有效性：基于对报酬的激励作用（下）学生姓名学号院系经济与管理学院15CorporateTax-PlanningEffectiveness:TheRoleofCompensation-BasedIncentives(Ⅰ)JohnD.PhillipsUniversityofConnecticutABSTRACTThisstudyinvestigateswhethercompensatingchiefexecutiveofficersandbusiness-unitman
2、agersusingafter-taxaccounting-basedperformancemeasuresleadstolowereffectivetaxrates,theempiricalsurrogateusedfortax-planningeffectiveness.Utilizingproprietarycompensationdataobtainedinasurveyofcorporateexecutives,therelationbetweeneffectivetaxratesandafter-taxperformancemea
3、suresismodeledandestimatedusingatwo-stepapproachthatcorrectsfortheendogeneitybiasassociatedwithfirms'decisionstocompensatemanagersonapre-versusafter-taxbasis.Theresultsareconsistentwiththehypothesisthatcompensatingbusiness-unitmanagers,butnotchiefexecutiveofficers,onanafter
4、-taxbasisleadstolowereffectivetaxrates.KEYWORDStaxplanning;performancemeasures;endogenoustreatmenteffects.I.INTRODUCTIONEffectivetaxplanning,definedbyScholesetal.(2002)astaxplanningthatmaximizesthefirm'sexpecteddiscountedafter-taxcashflows,requiresmanagerstoconsidertheirdec
5、isions'after-taxconsequences.Inthispaper,Iinvestigatewhetherafter-taxaccounting-basedperformancemeasuresleadtolowereffectivetaxrates(ETR),myempiricalsurrogatefortaxplanningeffectiveness.1TheETR,anincome-statement-basedoutcomemeasurecalculatedastheratiooftotalincometaxexpens
6、etopre-taxincome,generallymeasurestheeffectivenessoftaxreductionstrategiesthatleadtohigherafter-taxincome.AlowerETR,however,canonlyproxyfortaxsavingsanddoesnotalwaysimplythatafter-taxincomeand/orcashflowshavebeenmaximized.2Despitethislimitation,theETRhasbeenusedtomeasurethe
7、effectivenessofspendingonthetaxfunction(Millsetal.1998)andcorporatetaxdepartmentperformance(Douglasetal.1996).Also,loweringtheETRisfrequentlycitedasawaytoincreaseearnings15(e.g.,Ziegler1997)andincreaseshareprice(e.g.,Mintz1999;Swenson1999).Accountingresearchhasaddressedther
8、elationbetweenaccounting-basedcompensationandmanagers'actions(e.g.,Larcker1983;Hea
