Political Connections and Related-Party Transactions: Evidence from Iranian Firms
Subject Areas : Financial EconomicsAli Jaafar Nodeh 1 , Mehdi Safari Gerayli 2
1 - Department of Accounting, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran.
2 - Department of Accounting, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran.
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