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Housing prices and labor cost stickiness: Evidence from China 房价与劳动力成本粘性：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2025.100454

Suyan Yan, Chang Tong, Qiliang Liu

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Seeing is believing: Director accounting enforcement experience and financial reporting quality 眼见为实：董事会计执法经验与财务报告质量

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100453

Silver Chung , Daniel Sejun Hwang

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Carbon emission regulation and corporate financing constraints: A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s carbon emissions trading mechanism 碳排放监管与企业融资约束：基于中国碳排放交易机制的准自然实验

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100452

Pengcheng Zhang , Jiayin Qi

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Does air pollution matter for audit process and audit outcomes? Evidence from China 空气污染对审计过程和审计结果有影响吗？来自中国的证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100451

Yaqian Wu , Jiyuan Li

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The unintended consequences of targeted poverty alleviation: Evidence from China 精准扶贫的意外后果：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100450

Jing Zhou , Lili Jiu , Oupin Tang , Po-Hsiang Yu

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Expanded auditor’s reports and voluntary disclosure 扩大审计报告和自愿披露范围

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100443

Wenxuan Huang , Weidong Xu , Donghui Li , Jiancheng (Duncan) Liu

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Long-term tax strategy and corporate acquisition payment structure: An analysis based on the book-tax tradeoff theory 长期税收战略与企业收购支付结构：基于账面税收权衡理论的分析

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100442

K. Hung Chan , Miao He , Phyllis Lai Lan Mo , Weiyin Zhang

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Dividend signalling and investor protection: An international comparison 股利信号与投资者保护：国际比较

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100441

Xiaotong Deng , Sander De Groote , Chao Kevin Li