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Corporate political donations and audit fees: Some evidence from Australian audit pricing

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  • Ferdinand A Gul

    (USC - University of the Sunshine Coast)

  • Arifur Khan

    (Deakin University [Burwood])

  • Karen Lai

    (Shenzhen Univerisity [Shenzhen])

  • Getie Dessalegn

    (RMIT University - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University)

  • Mohammad Badrul Muttakin

    (Deakin University [Burwood])

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  • Ferdinand A Gul & Arifur Khan & Karen Lai & Getie Dessalegn & Mohammad Badrul Muttakin, 2023. "Corporate political donations and audit fees: Some evidence from Australian audit pricing," Post-Print hal-04511816, HAL.
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    Keywords

    Political donation; audit fees; audit risk; strategic investments; agency costs; government contracts JEL Classification: D72 G34 M42; government contracts JEL Classification: D72; G34; M42;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing

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