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Accounting, Corporate Governance & Business Ethics

Institutional investors site visits, CSR performance, and large shareholder’s expropriation

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Article: 2267223 | Received 29 Jul 2023, Accepted 28 Sep 2023, Published online: 12 Oct 2023

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