Media coverage as a moderator in the nexus between audit quality and ESG performance: Evidence from China

• Chun Cai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Accounting, The Center for China’s Governmental Auditing Research, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Saddam A. Hazaea ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sadhi792@gmail.com (SAH); Mo_Raid@yu.edu.sa (MR)

  Affiliation School of Accounting, The Center for China’s Governmental Auditing Research, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9440-0798

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• Maha Faisal Alsayegh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics & Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Muskan Sahu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Software, Validation

  Affiliation Faculty of commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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• Moodhi Raid ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sadhi792@gmail.com (SAH); Mo_Raid@yu.edu.sa (MR)

  Affiliation Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business Administration, Al Yamamah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Cai, Saddam A. Hazaea, Maha Faisal Alsayegh, Muskan Sahu, Moodhi Raid, Waleed M. Al‐ahdal

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration

  Affiliation Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

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