Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of audit fee regulation on audit fees and audit outcomes. Leveraging the staggered introduction of audit fee restrictions in different Chinese provinces, we find that audit fee regulation is effective in curbing lowballing behaviours and improving audit quality.
Zhili Tian, Yiye Liu, Yixuan Zhang
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Correction: Design of a multi-epitope recombinant BCG vaccine targeting Brucella OMP31, LptE and VirB2 in immunoinformatics approaches. [PDF]
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International aid, frontier securitization and social engineering: Soviet-Xinjiang development cooperation during the Governorate of Sheng Shicai (1933-44) [PDF]
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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines China's bureaucratic approach to international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on bureaucratically structured policy coordination as a core mechanism. It highlights the central role of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — China's top economic planning agency — in ...
Hong Zhang
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Correction: Song et al. Serum Uric Acid and Bone Health in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hypertensive Patients: A Potential U-Shaped Association and Implications for Future Fracture Risk. Metabolites 2025, 15, 15. [PDF]
MetabolitesSong S +11 more
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The Spillover Effect of Media Ownership on Mainstream Media Discourse
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the spillover effect of a firm's media ownership on reporting by unaffiliated mainstream media outlets, using a sample of Chinese publicly listed firms. We find that firms with ownership stakes in media companies receive more coverage and more positive tones from unaffiliated mainstream media outlets than other firms ...
Xin Yu, Shijun Guo, Robert Faff
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Correction: Association of glutamine metabolites in synovial fluid with the severity of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis. [PDF]
BMC Musculoskelet DisordSong Z, Xu Y, Li C, Shao B, Gong Z.
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Interlingual translation, as defined by Roman Jakobson, refers to the transfer of meaning between languages. However, this concept has often been conflated with linguistic shifts between distinct cultures and nation‐states. To challenge this misconception, I propose the concept of self‐consumption translation (SCT), a subfield of interlingual ...
Bilin (Belen) Liu
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Assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics and driving factors of human brucellosis in Northern Xinjiang, China (2015-2023). [PDF]
Trop Med HealthZhou P, Zhang L, Li F, Wang X, Zhao J.
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