The current study examines the effect of strategy and managerial ability on asymmetric cost behavior of SG&A expenses. We use a sample of US listed firms for the period 1991-2014 to provide empirical evidence that sticky cost phenomenon is associated with firms' strategic orientation. Our...

This study investigates the relationship of asymmetric cost behaviour with earnings quality for European listed firms. We employ a sample that consists of 11,416 firm-year observations of European listed firms over the period 2005-2019 to explore the relationship of asymmetric cost behaviour...