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Author: | Guedhami, O. Pittman, J. |
Title: | The importance of IRS monitoring to debt pricing in private firms |
Journal: | Journal of Financial Economics
2008 : OCT, VOL. 90:1, p. 38-58 |
Index terms: | USA private companies corporate governance taxation debt pricing |
Freeterms: | ownership structure |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The link between the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) monitoring and yield spreads on private firms' bond issues is explored. After controlling for security-specific and other firm-specific determinants, there is provided evidence of debt financing being cheaper when the probability of a face-to-face IRS audit is higher. IRS oversight is found to have a stronger impact on bond pricing for private firms with high ownership concentration. This study implies that IRS monitoring plays a valuable corporate governance role by reducing information asymmetry evident in borrowing costs. |
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