“…However, the authors focused only on selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses as cost proxies. Subsequent studies have observed sticky costs based on other proxies (Pamplona, Fiirst, Silva, & Zonatto, 2016;Grejo, Abbas, Camacho, & Junqueira, 2019). Also, Anderson, Banker, and Janakiraman (2003) limited their research to industrial companies, whereas subsequent literature expanded cost behavior analyses, examining other sectors (Subramaniam & Weidenmier, 2003;Holzhacker, Krishnan, & Mahlendorf, 2015).…”