Historical Slave Trade and Corporate Tax Evasion in Africa
We examine the impact of the African slave trade on corporate tax evasion in modern Africa. Using data from 28 African countries, we document that firms are more likely to evade taxes in countries that suffered a higher level of historical slave extraction. This finding is robust to an instrumental...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2026
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 2026, Volume: 203, Issue: 3, Pages: 575-591 |
| Further subjects: | B
N47
B N27 B African slave trade B Tax evasion B M41 B H26 B Institutions B Social norms |
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