Examining the Impact of Tax Avoidance on Managerial Empire Building: The Role of Regulatory Mechanisms and CEO Overconfidence

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Accounting, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Department of Accounting, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Iran.

10.22103/jak.2025.24144.4105

Abstract

Objective: The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of tax avoidance on the construction of a managerial empire with regard to the role of supervisory mechanisms and overconfidence of the CEO.
 
Method: The statistical population of this research is the companies accepted in the Tehran Stock Exchange and its statistical sample includes the data of 105 companies for the 9-year period of 1393-1401. The sampling method was the systematic elimination method. In this research, multiple regression models were used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses using the mixed data method.
 
Results: The findings of the research showed that tax avoidance has a positive effect on building a managerial empire, and regulatory mechanisms weaken this effect. It was also found that the CEO's overconfidence strengthens the effect of tax avoidance on managerial empire building.
 
Conclusion: through the separation of ownership from control, profit-seeking managers have more opportunities to secure their interests through tax avoidance methods instead of increasing shareholders' wealth; They can also use the tax savings from their overconfidence to build an empire. In the meantime, institutional investors as one of the effective monitoring mechanisms can reduce the opportunities of using tax avoidance strategies by managers in order to gain personal benefits to build a managerial empire.

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Journal of Accounting Knowledge
Volume 16, Issue 4 - Serial Number 63
December 2025
Pages 185-206

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  • Receive Date: 18 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 25 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 11 February 2025

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