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Business and Management

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40
Citations
9072
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1652
National Ranking
692

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40
Citations
9072
World Ranking
2263
National Ranking
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Overview

Douglas A. Shackelford is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with a specialization in subfields such as Accounting and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's scholarly work covers several main topics, including:

  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Taxation and Legal Issues
  • Accounting Education and Careers

Douglas A. Shackelford has contributed to a variety of academic outlets. The frequent publication venues include:

  • National Tax Journal
  • The Accounting Review
  • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation
  • American Water Works Association
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Significant recent publications authored or co-authored by Shackelford are:

  • Observations from a Professor Serving as Dean, 2021, The Accounting Review
  • Water Industry Communications: Vital Tools to Engage Stakeholders and Build Trust, 2024, American Water Works Association

Some publications listed under co-authors' names also align with related topics, though these are primarily associated with other authors such as Michelle Hanlon and Monica B. Hoyt.

Douglas A. Shackelford collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Michelle Hanlon
  • Jeffrey L. Hoopes
  • Monica B. Hoyt
  • Mandy Cawby
  • Kelley Dearing Smith

Their work intersects with various aspects of corporate taxation and compliance, providing academic insight into legal and educational dimensions of accounting and tax policy.

Best Publications

  • Empirical tax research in accounting

    Douglas A. Shackelford;Terry Shevlin

  • Auditors' Perceived Business Risk and Audit Fees: Analysis and Evidence

    Timothy B. Bell;Wayne R. Landsman;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Bank Differences in the Coordination of Regulatory Capital, Earnings, and Taxes

    Julie H. Collins;Douglas A. Shackelford;James M. Wahlen

  • Research in accounting for income taxes

    John R. Graham;Jana S. Raedy;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Capitalization of capital gains taxes: evidence from stock price reactions to the 1997 rate reduction

    Mark H. Lang;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Employee Stock Options, Corporate Taxes, and Debt Policy

    John R. Graham;Mark H. Lang;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Capital Gains Taxes and Asset Prices: Capitalization or Lock‐in?

    Zhonglan Dai;Edward L. Maydew;Douglas A. Shackelford;Harold H. Zhang

  • Public Disclosure of Corporate Tax Return Information: Accounting, Economics, and Legal Perspectives

    David Lenter;Joel Slemrod;Douglas Shackelford

  • Cross-Country Comparisons of Corporate Income Taxes

    Kevin Markle;Douglas A. Shackelford;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Copycat Funds: Information Disclosure Regulation and the Returns to Active Management in the Mutual Fund Industry*

    Mary Margaret Frank;James M. Poterba;Douglas A. Shackelford;John B. Shoven

  • The Changing Role of Auditors in Corporate Tax Planning

    Edward L. Maydew;Douglas Shackelford

  • CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS OF CORPORATE INCOME TAXES

    Kevin S. Markle;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • State and provincial corporate tax planning: income shifting and sales apportionment factor management

    Kenneth J Klassen;Douglas A Shackelford

  • Empirical Tax Research in Accounting

    Douglas A. Shackelford;Douglas A. Shackelford;Terry J. Shevlin

  • The Changing Role of Auditors in Corporate Tax Planning

    Edward L. Maydew;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Dividends, Share Repurchases, and Tax Clienteles: Evidence from the 2003 Reductions in Shareholder Taxes

    Jennifer L. Blouin;Jana S. Raedy;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Foreign Tax Credit Limitations and Preferred Stock Issuances

    Julie H. Collins;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • THE LOCK-IN EFFECT OF CAPITAL GAINS TAXES: EVIDENCE FROM THE RJR NABISCO LEVERAGED BUYOUT

    Wayne R. Landsman;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Capital Gains Taxes and Equity Trading: Empirical Evidence

    Jennifer L. Blouin;Jana Smith Raedy;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Global organizations and taxes: An analysis of the dividend, interest, royalty, and management fee payments between U.S. multinationals' foreign affiliates

    Julie H Collins;Douglas A Shackelford

  • Taxation, regulation, and the organizational structure of property-casualty insurers

    Kathy R Petroni;Douglas A Shackelford

  • The effect of tax and nontax country characteristics on the global equity supply chains of U.S. multinationals

    Scott D. Dyreng;Bradley P. Lindsey;Kevin S. Markle;Douglas A. Shackelford

  • Capital Gains Taxes and Asset Prices: Capitalization or Lock-In?

    Zhonglan Dai;Edward L. Maydew;Harold H. Zhang;Douglas A. Shackelford;Douglas A. Shackelford

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Graham
John R. Graham Duke University
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark H. Lang
Mark H. Lang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edward L. Maydew
Edward L. Maydew University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert E. Verrecchia
Robert E. Verrecchia University of Pennsylvania
Wayne R. Landsman
Wayne R. Landsman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John B. Shoven
John B. Shoven Stanford University
Terry J. Shevlin
Terry J. Shevlin University of California, Irvine

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