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The Effect of Firm's Strategy in Investment Decision

기업의 조세전략이 투자의사결정에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2014.02.11
  • Accepted : 2014.03.20
  • Published : 2014.03.28
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Abstract

We investigate the association between tax strategy and investment efficiency focusing on manager's investment decision. Specifically, we examine the effect of manager's tax avoidance on the firm's investment level. The result show that as the degree of tax avoidance becomes higher firm's over investment increases. This result implies that the available resources generated from firm's tax avoidance induces over investment. Prior researches have been interested in the effects of firm's tax strategy on firm value. However, there is little literatures regarding the effects of firm's tax strategy on management's real investment decisions which provides the important implications about the mechanisms between tax strategy and firm value. In this respect, our research provides a meaningful results which demonstrates the effects of firm's tax strategy on manager's real investment decisions. This will provide useful implications for the investors and government regarding manager's tax avoidance behavior.

본 연구에서는 경영자의 투자의사결정을 중심으로 하여 조세전략과 투자효율성 간의 관계를 분석하고자 한다. 구체적으로, 경영자의 조세회피 행태가 기업의 투자수준에 미치는 효과를 살펴보고자 한다. 분석 결과, 경영자의 조세회피 수준이 높아질수록 기업의 과잉투자가 증가하는 결과를 보였다. 이는 조세회피로 인하여 증가한 기업의 가용자금이 과잉투자로 이어진다는 것을 의미하며, 조세회피를 통한 가용자금의 증가분이 경영자의 기회주의적인 목적을 위해 이용되어지는 것으로 해석된다. 지금까지의 선행연구를 살펴보면, 기업의 조세전략이 기업가치에 미치는 영향에 대한 분석에 앞서 그 메커니즘에 대한 연구가 선행되어야 함에도 불구하고 기업가치에 영향을 주는 경영자의 의사결정들과 조세전략과의 관련성을 본 연구는 드물다. 따라서 본 연구는 경영자의 핵심적인 행태 중 하나인 조세전략이 기업의 실제 투자의사결정에 미치는 영향에 대한 구체적인 결과를 제시하였다는 점에서 공헌점이 존재한다. 즉, 투자자와 세수를 확보하고자 하는 정부는 경영자의 조세회피 행태가 투자행태에 미치는 영향을 감안하고, 경영자의 조세회피 행위에 보다 경각심을 기울이게 할 것이라고 기대된다.

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