중국 상장기업의 조세회피와 사회적 책임활동이 기업가치에 미치는 영향

Abstract

[Purpose] Recently, social demands for sincere tax payment and social responsibility activities (hereinafter, CSR) of companies are increasing. However, some oppose this because of the decrease in corporate value. China, which has shown rapid capitalism economic development over the past decades, is no exception. This study empirically analyzed the effects of tax avoidance and CSR on corporate value for Chinese listed companies. [Methodology] For empirical analysis, corporate value was measured in Tobin Q, tax avoidance was measured in three ways：effective tax rate and effective cash tax rate multiplied by (－1), and discretionary BTD of Desai and Dharmapala (2006). CSR was measured by whether or not to disclose the CSR report. [Findings] First, it was found that corporate value decreased as tax avoidance increased. Second, when CSR is active, corporate value increases. Third, the regression coefficients of the interaction variable between tax avoidance and CSR all had significant positive (＋) values, and it was found that the negative effect of tax avoidance on corporate value decreased when CSR is active. [Implications] This s tu dy i s meaningfu l in that it has demonstrated empirically that i t is also effective in terms of corporate sincere tax payment and CSR performance corporate value.