本研究欲探討2009年及2010年2度調降營利事業所得稅對上市公司股票報酬之效應,採用事件研究法,以2009年3月5日及2010年4月12日為事件日,研究宣告調降營利事業所得稅對上市公司股價是否產生影響,並利用橫斷面迴歸分析法,分析異常報酬反應程度是否因不同產業別而有差別,以及分析第2次調降之股價反應程度相較第1次調降之股價反應結果是否呈現遞減之現象,歸納所有實證結果,本研究結果發現宣告調降營利事業所得稅對上市公司股價有正向影響,而且異常報酬反應程度因不同產業別而有不同的影響,其中電子業對異常報酬的反應程度大於傳統產業及金融業,而金融業對異常報酬的反應程度最低。此外,發現2010年宣告調降營利事業所得稅之股價反應程度相較2009年宣告調降後之股價反應結果呈現股價反應遞減之情形。 除了上述研究結果,本研究亦發現調降營所稅於台灣股票市場產生規模效應,投資於規模較小之公司,可獲得較高異常報酬,此外,槓桿比率愈高之公司,亦因調降營所稅而產生負面影響,可供市場投資人於面臨減稅政策宣告時,做為投資決策參考。另就減稅政策而言,此2次調降營利事業所得稅之宣告皆產生正的累積異常報酬,惟在第2次調降時,呈現股價反應遞減之情形,在此,建議政策決定者可將欲調降之稅率一次調足。
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the impact of reducing profit-seeking enterprise income tax during 2009 and 2010 on the stock returns of listed companies. By using event study method, this thesis evaluates the influence of this tax reduction. As there are two event days, March 5, 2009 and 2010 April 12, 2010, this thesis thus conducts a cross-sectional regression to analyze whether stock market react to the two events differently. The empirical results reveals that the announcement of profit-seeking enterprise income tax reduction has a positive impact on the stock returns of listed companies, and the extent of the abnormal returns significantly differ between industries. I find that the stock returns of the electronics industry is relatively more sensitive to the tax reduction in comparison with the traditional industry and the financial industry while the stock-return sensitivity of the financial industry to tax reduction is lowest. In addition, I also find that stock prices are relatively insensitive to the announcement in 2010 compared to that in 2009. I also find that the size effect is evident in the Taiwan stock market. Finally, I find that firm size, leverage ratio, and industry dummy and event date can plausibly explain the abnormal returns.