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Do employee-friendly firms invest more efficiently? Evidence from labor investment efficiency

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  1. Anh-Tuan Le & Henry Hongren Huang & Tzu-Chang Forrest Cheng, 2025. "Growing pains: geographic expansion and labor investment efficiency," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 65(2), pages 619-659, August.
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  8. Karami, Gholamreza & Mehrani, Sasan & Beik Boshrouyeh, Salman & Ezadpour, Mostafa & Mohebbi, Masoud & Samavat, Milad, 2024. "Political connections and labor investment efficiency," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 89(PB), pages 568-580.
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  11. Md. Mominur Rahman & Alexey Mikhaylov & Ishaq Bhatti, 2024. "The impact of investment in human capital on investment efficiency: a PLS-SEM approach in the context of Bangladesh," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(5), pages 4959-4986, October.
  12. Ran Tao & Jian Wu & Hong Zhao, 2023. "Do Corporate Customers Prefer Socially Responsible Suppliers? An Instrumental Stakeholder Theory Perspective," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 185(3), pages 689-712, July.
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  16. Chen, Wenrui & Chen, Zhiwu & Qin, Ling & Shan, Yaowen & Xu, Weihang, 2024. "Strategic alliance, agency problems, and labor investment efficiency," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
  17. Adeabah, David & Andoh, Charles & Mensah, Lord, 2025. "Examining the impact of employee-friendly practices on performance volatility in African banks: A textual analysis approach," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
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  19. Xie, Yi & Jiang, Jinwen & Wang, Dong, 2024. "Green finance policy and labor demand: Evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
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  22. Huang, Xinhui & Tarkom, Augustine, 2023. "Labor substitutability and corporate labor investment: Evidence from the H-1B program," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
  23. Wang, Zhixiao & Kong, Dongmin & Liu, Shasha, 2024. "Corporate social responsibility and firm-level systematic risk: The moderating effect of economic policy uncertainty," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  24. Chen, Steven Xianglong & Cao, Zhangfan & Zheng, Xiaolan, 2025. "Does trade secret protection spur human capital investment? Evidence from the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
  25. Amanjot Singh, 2023. "Economic growth and labor investment efficiency," International Review of Finance, International Review of Finance Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 886-902, December.
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  27. James, Hui Liang & Jiraporn, Pornsit & Wang, Hongxia, 2025. "CEO tenure and labor investment efficiency," Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 21(2).
  28. Palmeira, Rafael & Pindado, Julio & Requejo, Ignacio, 2023. "How does employment protection legislation affect labor investment inefficiencies?," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  29. Ee, Mong Shan & Hasan, Iftekhar & Huang, He, 2022. "Stock liquidity and corporate labor investment," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
  30. Zuo, Junqing & Zhang, Wei & Hu, Mingya & Feng, Xu & Zou, Gaofeng, 2022. "Employee relations and stock price crash risk: Evidence from employee lawsuits," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  31. Liu, Tingwen & Liu, Jie & Cheng, Tzu-Chang Forrest, 2025. "Heterogeneity in the effect of green financing constraints on labor investment efficiency: A causal forest approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
  32. Ding, Hui & Liu, Chenguang & Ni, Xiaoran, 2023. "Creditor protection and labor investment efficiency: Evidence from China," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PD).
  33. Li, Yulin & Cheong, Chee Seng & Canil, Jean, 2024. "CEO-employee pay ratio and labor investment efficiency," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 67(PA).
  34. Liu, Yunxin & Cao, Yuqiang & Lu, Meiting & Shan, Yaowen & Xu, Jiangang, 2024. "Automating efficiency: The impact of industrial robots on labor investment in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  35. Bai, Min & Fu, Yumei & Sun, Mingwei, 2023. "Corporate diversification and labor investment efficiency: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
  36. Hossain, Ashrafee & Rjiba, Hatem & Saadi, Samir, 2022. "Judge Ideology and Corporate Sexual Orientation Equality," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
  37. Unsal, Omer, 2024. "Employee lawsuits and business downsizing: Evidence from labor unions," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
  38. Saeed, Abubakr, 2021. "The impact of employee friendly practices on dividend payments: Evidence from emerging economies," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 592-605.
  39. Imen Ghadhab & Hamza Nizar & Ramzi Benkraiem & Faten Lakhal, 2023. "Cross-listing dynamics and labor investment efficiency: International evidence," Post-Print hal-04146889, HAL.
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  41. Lei, Ni & Miao, Qin & Yao, Xin, 2023. "Does the implementation of green credit policy improve the ESG performance of enterprises? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
  42. Li, Bin & Liang, Yilan & Shahab, Yasir & Gull, Ammar Ali & Ashraf, Naeem, 2022. "Parent-subsidiary dispersion, cost of debt and debt default: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  43. Mary Becker & Alexander Cardazzi & Zachary McGurk, 2021. "Employee satisfaction and stock returns during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Working Papers 21-02, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
  44. Singh, Amanjot, 2022. "Oil Price uncertainty and labor investment efficiency," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
  45. Wang, Maochuan & Yan, Youliang, 2023. "Employee treatment and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
  46. Monteiro, Pedro & Suleymanov, Masim, 2025. "Government contracts and labor investment efficiency," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
  47. Daniela Sanchez & Gary Fleischman & Juan Manuel Sanchez, 2025. "The impact of corporate social responsibility on employee layoffs, severance payments, and voluntary layoff disclosure," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 65(3), pages 885-928, October.
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  49. Liu, Ying & Zheng, Hao & Kuang, Xuewen & You, Jiaxing, 2025. "The dark side of customer-specific innovation: Patent similarity and supplier labor investment efficiency," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
  50. Sophie Wang, Qing & Lai, Shaojie & Pi, Shuwen & Anderson, Hamish, 2022. "Does directors' and officers' liability insurance induce empire building? Evidence from corporate labor investment," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
  51. Youliang Yan & Maochuan Wang & Jieji Lai, 2024. "Does corporate digitalization promote labor investment efficiency? Evidence from Chinese listed companies," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, December.
  52. Cao, June & Li, Wenwen & Hasan, Iftekhar, 2023. "The impact of lowering carbon emissions on corporate labour investment: A quasi-natural experiment," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
  53. Ahrum Choi & Woo‐Jong Lee & Yong Gyu Lee & Gaoguang Zhou, 2023. "Internal Information Quality and Corporate Employment Decisions," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 33(3), pages 262-283, September.
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  58. Hu, Juncheng & Li, Xiaorong, 2024. "Perks and labor investment efficiency: Evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
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