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Impact of target firm’s social performance on acquisition premiums 目标公司的社会绩效对收购溢价的影响

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100417

Mahfuja Malik , Md Al Mamun

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Pretending to be sustainable: Is ESG disparity a symptom? 假装可持续：ESG 差异是一种症状吗？

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100418

Gabriel de la Fuente, Pilar Velasco

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Corporate carbon reduction and tax avoidance: International evidence 企业减碳与避税：国际证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100416

Zhi-Yuan Feng , Ying-Chieh Wang , Wen-Gine Wang

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Lending corruption and bank loan contracting: Cross-Country evidence 贷款腐败与银行贷款签约：跨国证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100415

Liangliang Jiang, Chong Wang

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Managerial ability and supply chain power 管理能力和供应链力量

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100414

G M Wali Ullah , Jane Luo , Alfred Yawson

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Predicting financial distress using machine learning approaches: Evidence China 利用机器学习方法预测金融困境：中国证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100403

Md Jahidur Rahman , Hongtao Zhu

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Chaebol-affiliated analysts and biases in interpreting accruals 隶属于财阀的分析师和解读应计项目的偏差

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100402

Seunghee Yang , Lee-Seok Hwang , Yewon Kim

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Do managers respond to tax avoidance incentives by investing in the tax function? Evidence from tax departments 管理者是否会通过投资税务职能来应对避税动机？来自税务部门的证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2024.100401

John Li

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A robust model to estimate a firm’s average economic return 估算企业平均经济回报的稳健模型

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2023.100400

Morris G. Danielson

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Acquirers’ political connections and bargaining outcomes in corporate takeover negotiations: Evidence from antitrust reviews 收购方的政治关系与企业收购谈判中的讨价还价结果：来自反垄断审查的证据

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Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2023.100399

Simon Yu Kit Fung, Lawrence (Hong) Huang

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