The impact of accounting quality on investment efficiency: Evidence from the 2001 bank shareholding limitation act of Japan
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Accounting quality; Investment efficiency; Information asymmetry; Bank-centered economy; Private debt; Cross-shareholdings;All these keywords.
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- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
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