Wang, Fangjun; Xu, Luying; Guo, Fei; Zhang, Junrui - In: Journal of business ethics : JBE 166 (2020) 2, pp. 293-309
This paper examines the relationship between loan guarantees and audit fees as well as the moderating effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR). We find that guaranteeing another entity’s debt significantly increases firms’ own audit fees. However, the disclosure of CSR information...