Luo Zuo

National University of Singapore

Provost’s Chair Professor of Accounting and Finance

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)

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Singapore

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The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2016
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
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Accounting Conservatism; Investment; Information Frictions; Financing Constraints; Crisis

The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 43, No. 5-6, 2016
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2016
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 458 (121,597)
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Accounting Conservatism; Investment; Information Frictions; Financing Constraints; Crisis

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The Economics of Accounting

Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 May 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2024
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 4,052 (5,164)
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Accounting, stewardship, valuation, information asymmetry, earnings, stock price, shareholder value, efficiency, stakeholder

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Do Major Corporate Customers Deter Corporate Misconduct?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2024
Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, University of Leeds and National University of Singapore
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Corporate misconduct, major customer, supplier misconduct risk, ESG, sustainability.

Asymmetric Cost Behavior and Dividend Policy

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2020
Jie He, Xuan Tian, Huan Yang and Luo Zuo
University of Georgia - Department of Finance, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore
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Asymmetric cost behavior; cost stickiness; dividend payouts; resource adjustment cost

Asymmetric Cost Behavior and Dividend Policy

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 58, Issue 4, September 2020
Posted: 02 Dec 2020
Jie He, Xuan Tian, Huan Yang and Luo Zuo
University of Georgia - Department of Finance, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore

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Asymmetric cost behavior; cost stickiness; dividend payouts; resource adjustment cost

Sharing Risk with the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 20 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2017
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore
Downloads 1,021 (42,934)
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Risk taking, corporate taxes

Sharing Risk with the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 24 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2017
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore
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Risk taking, corporate taxes

Sharing Risk with the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking

NBER Working Paper No. w21834
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2023
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore
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Sharing Risk with the Government: How Taxes Affect Corporate Risk Taking

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2017
Posted: 18 Oct 2017
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore

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risk taking; corporate taxes

The Real Effects of Modern Information Technologies: Evidence from the EDGAR Implementation

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Finance Department, Southern University of Science and Technology and National University of Singapore
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Corporate Investment, Information Technologies, EDGAR, Equity Financing, Managerial Incentives.

The Real Effects of Modern Information Technologies: Evidence from the Edgar Implementation

NBER Working Paper No. w27529
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Finance Department, Southern University of Science and Technology and National University of Singapore
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The Role of Accounting Conservatism in the Equity Market: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara University - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore
Downloads 1,162 (36,207)
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accounting conservatism, seasoned equity offerings, announcement returns

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Disclosure Regulation: Past, Present, and Future

Handbook of Financial Decision Making, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore
Downloads 1,134 (37,471)
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Regulation, corporate disclosure, financial reporting, capital market, political economy, information asymmetry

Long-Term Impact of Economic Conditions on Auditors’ Judgment

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Central University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore
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economic condition; audit adjustment; imprinting

Long-Term Impact of Economic Conditions on Auditors’ Judgment

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2018
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Central University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore
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economic condition; audit adjustment; imprinting

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Industry-Specific Knowledge Transfer in Audit Firms: Evidence from Audit Firm Mergers in China

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 08 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Central University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore
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Knowledge Transfer, Audit Firm Merger, Industry Expertise, Audit Quality, China

Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Antoinette Schoar and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
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Recession, Career Path, Management Style, Executive Labor Market

Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Antoinette Schoar and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 403 (141,334)
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Recession, Career Path, Management Style, Executive Labor Market

Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles

NBER Working Paper No. w17590
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Antoinette Schoar and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
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Behavioral Economics of Accounting: A Review of Archival Research on Individual Decision Makers

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 15 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - College of Business and National University of Singapore
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Accounting, behavioral economics, individual decision makers, Homo economicus, Homo sapiens, informal institutions.

Behavioral Economics of Accounting: A Review of Archival Research on Individual Decision Makers

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - College of Business and National University of Singapore

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Accounting, behavioral economics, individual decision makers, Homo economicus, Homo sapiens, informal institutions

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Financial Reporting Frequency and Corporate Innovation

Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2020
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, City University London - Cass Business School, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore
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regulation, reporting frequency, innovation, managerial myopia, externality

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Top Management Team Power in China: Measurement and Validation

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 03 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Bin Ke, Xinshu Mao, Bin Wang and Luo Zuo
National University of Singapore, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing Technology and Business University and National University of Singapore
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power, top management team, executive compensation, nonmarket institutional force, China

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The Power Behind the Pen: Institutional Investors’ Influence on Media during Corporate Litigation

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 May 2020 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2023
Jie He, Han Xia, Yabo Zhao and Luo Zuo
University of Georgia - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and National University of Singapore
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Institutional investors, media incentives, media tone, corporate litigation

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Do Shared Auditors Facilitate Follow-on Innovation?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 May 2022 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2024
Xuan Tian, Jiawen Yan and Luo Zuo
Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 606 (87,092)
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Shared Auditor, Patent Citation, Innovation

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Does the Market Value CEO Styles?

American Economic Review, Vol. 106, No. 5, 2016
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 May 2016
Antoinette Schoar and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 588 (90,594)
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CEO Turnover, Announcement Return, Management Style, Recession, Executive Labor Market

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Customer-Supplier Relationships and Corporate Tax Avoidance

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Oct 2016
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and National University of Singapore
Downloads 569 (94,395)
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tax avoidance, customers, suppliers, industrial organization, supply chain

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Auditor Industry Range and Audit Quality

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2023
KU Leuven - Department of Accountancy, Finance and Insurance (AFI), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore
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Industry Range, Audit Quality, Audit Adjustment, Experience, Cognitive Entrenchment.

Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2016
Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads 493 (111,313)
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stewardship; conservatism; prudence; market forces; political forces

Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2016
Posted: 30 Jul 2016
Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore

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stewardship; conservatism; prudence; market forces; political forces

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How Does the Economy Shape the Financial Advisory Profession?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2020
Kelvin Law and Luo Zuo
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore
Downloads 482 (115,673)
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financial advisor, recession, misconduct, selection, imprinting

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Does Algorithmic Trading Affect Forced CEO Turnover?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2024
Jaewoo Kim, Jun Oh, Hojun Seo and Luo Zuo
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr School of Business, Purdue University, Purdue University and National University of Singapore
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Algorithmic trading, stock returns, CEO turnover, directors, learning, market feedback

A Global Equilibrium Asset Pricing Model with Home Preference

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2011
Bruno Solnik and Luo Zuo
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore
Downloads 397 (143,820)
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International Asset Pricing, Home Bias, Familiarity, Regret

A Global Equilibrium Asset Pricing Model with Home Preference

Management Science, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 26 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2017
Bruno Solnik and Luo Zuo
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore
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International Asset Pricing, Home Bias, Familiarity, Regret

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The Effect of Managers on Systematic Risk

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - College of Business and National University of Singapore
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Manager Fixed Effects, Systematic Risk, Managerial Style.

The Effect of Managers on Systematic Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w27487
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - College of Business and National University of Singapore
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Rocking the Boat: How Relative Performance Evaluation Affects Corporate Risk Taking

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 20-08
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2021
University of Queensland - Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore
Downloads 426 (133,747)
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Relative performance evaluation, tournament incentives, interim performance, risk taking.

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The Informational Feedback Effect of Stock Prices on Management Forecasts

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2016
Luo Zuo
National University of Singapore
Downloads 364 (159,907)
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Learning from Prices, Private Information, Probability of Informed Trading, Mutual Fund Redemptions, Management Forecasts, Corporate Disclosure

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Reporting Technologies and Textual Readability: Evidence from the XBRL Mandate

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming, HEC Paris Research Paper No. MOSI-2021-1422
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2021
HEC Paris - Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell and National University of Singapore
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XBRL, reporting technologies, readability, limited attention, difference-in-differences

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Relative Optimism and the Home Bias Puzzle

Review of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 07 May 2016
Bruno Solnik and Luo Zuo
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore
Downloads 255 (231,996)
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Expectations, Relative Optimism, Familiarity, Home Bias

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Public Concern about Immigration and Customer Complaints against Minority Financial Advisors

Management Science, Forthcoming, Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 21-33
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Kelvin Law and Luo Zuo
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore
Downloads 225 (262,001)
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Immigration concern, minority advisor, customer complaint.

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Does Segment Disclosure Constrain Corporate Pollution?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 May 2024
Chenxing Jing, Bin Xu and Luo Zuo
University of International Business and Economics, University of Leeds and National University of Singapore
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Segment Disclosure, Corporate Pollution, Materiality, Monitoring

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Accounting for Goodwill in China: A Case Study of Two-Step Acquisitions

China Journal of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Ceng Zeng, Weiguo Zhang and Luo Zuo
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore
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Accounting standard, goodwill, two-step acquisition, China

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The Economics of Auditing in China

Research Handbook on Corporate Governance in China, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2024
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN), National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University of Singapore
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Auditing, Auditor, China, Institution, Institutional/Cognitive Approach, New Institutional Economics.