Mehdi Khedmati

698 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

Mehdi Khedmati is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehdi Khedmati has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Accounting, 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 4 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Mehdi Khedmati's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (14 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (6 papers). Mehdi Khedmati is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (14 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (6 papers). Mehdi Khedmati collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Mehdi Khedmati's co-authors include Mohammed Aminu Sualihu, Alfred Yawson, Edwin KiaYang Lim, Farshid Navissi, Ferdinand A. Gul, Dean Hanlon, Syed Shams, Chen Chen, Mukesh Garg and Ting‐Chiao Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

In The Last Decade

Mehdi Khedmati

18 papers receiving 429 citations

Hit Papers

CEO-director ties and labor investment efficiency 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. CEO-director ties and labor investment efficiency
    2019 164 citations Mehdi Khedmati, Mohammed Aminu Sualihu et al. Journal of Corporate Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mehdi Khedmati Australia 11 368 149 141 77 25 19 451
William Coffie Ghana 9 328 0.9× 178 1.2× 164 1.2× 106 1.4× 31 1.2× 22 452
Chee Seng Cheong Australia 10 256 0.7× 192 1.3× 98 0.7× 90 1.2× 26 1.0× 29 381
Chia‐Feng Yu Australia 11 216 0.6× 94 0.6× 137 1.0× 86 1.1× 27 1.1× 36 330
Melissa F. Lewis‐Western United States 11 413 1.1× 198 1.3× 76 0.5× 127 1.6× 16 0.6× 26 474
Kathleen Walsh Australia 6 265 0.7× 121 0.8× 98 0.7× 98 1.3× 32 1.3× 19 366
Lu Xing United Kingdom 9 244 0.7× 96 0.6× 95 0.7× 154 2.0× 25 1.0× 26 350
Chao Yin United Kingdom 10 307 0.8× 145 1.0× 124 0.9× 126 1.6× 35 1.4× 21 405
Kamarun Nisham Taufil Mohd Malaysia 13 375 1.0× 163 1.1× 108 0.8× 103 1.3× 17 0.7× 49 469
Junxiong Fang China 9 254 0.7× 110 0.7× 140 1.0× 42 0.5× 20 0.8× 39 368
Gilad Livne United Kingdom 12 363 1.0× 181 1.2× 126 0.9× 134 1.7× 29 1.2× 35 492

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mehdi Khedmati

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mehdi Khedmati

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Chen, Chen, et al.. (2023). Annual report readability and equity mispricing. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 19(3). 100368–100368. 14 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, Kristina Minnick, Mehdi Khedmati, & Abeyratna Gunasekarage. (2023). Gender diversity and acquisitions: How female directors add value in acquisition decisions. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 51(1-2). 113–147. 10 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Dean, Mehdi Khedmati, Edwin KiaYang Lim, & Cameron Truong. (2023). Boardroom backscratching and stock price crash risk. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 51(5-6). 1337–1377. 9 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, et al.. (2023). CEO-director ties and board gender diversity: US evidence. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 40. 100861–100861. 2 indexed citations
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Gunasekarage, Abeyratna, Mehdi Khedmati, Kristina Minnick, & Syed Shams. (2023). Board gender diversity and acquisition choices. The Journal of Financial Research. 46(4). 949–991. 2 indexed citations
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Lai, Karen, Mehdi Khedmati, Ferdinand A. Gul, & Matthew Mount. (2022). Making honest men of them: Institutional investors, financial reporting, and the appointment of female directors to all-male boards. Journal of Corporate Finance. 78. 102334–102334. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Ting‐Chiao Huang, Mukesh Garg, & Mehdi Khedmati. (2021). Governments as customers: Exploring the effects of government customers on supplier firms’ information quality. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 48(9-10). 1630–1667. 21 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, Mohammed Aminu Sualihu, & Alfred Yawson. (2021). Does religiosity matter for corporate labor investment decisions?. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 17(2). 100264–100264. 17 indexed citations
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Garg, Mukesh, et al.. (2020). Tax avoidance and stock price crash risk: mitigating role of managerial ability. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 18(1). 1–27. 15 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, Mohammed Aminu Sualihu, & Alfred Yawson. (2020). Religiosity, CEO Overconfidence, and Corporate Hiring Decisions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, et al.. (2020). The role of agency costs in the voluntary adoption of XBRL-based financial reporting. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 16(5). 599–622. 4 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, Mohammed Aminu Sualihu, & Alfred Yawson. (2019). CEO-director ties and labor investment efficiency. Journal of Corporate Finance. 65. 101492–101492. 164 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khedmati, Mehdi, Edwin KiaYang Lim, Vic Naiker, & Farshid Navissi. (2018). Business Strategy and the Cost of Equity Capital: An Evaluation of Pure versus Hybrid Business Strategies. Journal of Management Accounting Research. 31(2). 111–141. 9 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Dean, Mehdi Khedmati, & Edwin KiaYang Lim. (2018). Boardroom Backscratching and Audit Fees. Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory. 38(2). 179–206. 14 indexed citations
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Gul, Ferdinand A., Mehdi Khedmati, & Syed Shams. (2018). Managerial acquisitiveness and corporate tax avoidance. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 64. 101056–101056. 25 indexed citations
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Gul, Ferdinand A., Mehdi Khedmati, Edwin KiaYang Lim, & Farshid Navissi. (2017). Managerial Ability, Financial Distress, and Audit Fees. Accounting Horizons. 32(1). 29–51. 70 indexed citations
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Navissi, Farshid, et al.. (2016). Business Strategy, Over- (Under-) Investment and Managerial Compensation. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Navissi, Farshid, et al.. (2016). Business Strategy, Over- (Under-) Investment, and Managerial Compensation. Journal of Management Accounting Research. 29(2). 63–86. 58 indexed citations
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Khedmati, Mehdi, et al.. (2015). News announcement effects of compliance with section 404 of SOX: Evidence from non-accelerated filers. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 11(3). 231–244. 2 indexed citations

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