Good Corporate Governance Effects on Performance through Mediation of Tax Planning of Listed Companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand

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The main purpose of this study was to examine the path analysis of good corporate governance which had impact on firm performance of listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand and did not include financial sectors. The research study was based only on the year 2012. The sample size consisted of 326 companies. The evaluation of good corporate governance used the questionnaires of Thai Institute of Directors. The performance was measured by return on equity and Tobin’s Q. In addition, tax planning was measured by the ratio of tax to total assets. Data analysis used path analysis and the significance at statistic level was 0.05. The study found that its causal structural model complied with empirical data. Moreover, the results indicated that good corporate governance had positive direct and indirect effects on performance (measure by Tobin’s Q) through mediation of tax planning.

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