A Study of Accountants' Judgments With Respect to the Provision of Consolidated Financial Statements

The release of the Australian Accounting Standards Board AASB 1024. Consolidated Accounts. in September 1991 represents a fundamental shift in concept, criteria and approach. The Standard is based on the entity concept and adopts 'capacity to control' as the sole criterion for identifying related entities for the purpose of preparing consolidated financial statements. A conceptual (substance-over-form) approach is used to implement the control criterion. In essence, this approach requires accountants to make professional judgments about the existence of control based on the substance of group structures and arrangements rather than their legal form. Concerns about the subjectivity and possible variability of accountants' judgments cast some doubt on the operational effectiveness of the conceptual approach. In response to these concerns, this paper reports the results of an experiment that examines the consolidation judgments accountants make in response to a number of hypothetical scenarios. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to provide some insights into the likely quality and reliability of consolidation judgments under the conceptual approach adopted by AASB 1024. The results indicate that accountants can be expected to exhibit broad consensus in their consolidation judgments. In addition, an analysis of the variables suggests that the degree of share ownership is the most significant factor in making such judgments. Nevertheless, other factors including the composition of the board of directors, the existence of a special arrangement, and interactions with the other variables also proved to be significant. Overall, the study provides tentative support for the conceptual approach adopted in AASB 1024.     

北京CBD金融发展的SWOT分析

本文运用SWOT分析法,从战略角度对北京CBD金融发展中的优势与弱势、机会与挑战,进行了分析和思考,并提出了自己的一些观点和建议。     

对我国金融资产管理公司转型的思考

经过5年多的发展,我国金融资产管理公司(AMC)到现在面临转型。本文分析了我国金融资产管理公司转型的必然性,就转型的路径选择做出三种预测,以及对金融资产管理公司转型提出一些准备。     

新公共管理理念与政府财务报告的完善

新公共管理是目前世界各国政府公共管理改革的方向,信息透明性是建立新公共管理模式的基础。本文根据新公共管理的特点结合我国政府公共财政管理改革的实际,针对目前我国政府财务报告中存在的问题,提出了相应的改进建议。     

家族企业财务管理问题的理性思考

改革开放以来,我国家族企业在发展过程中面临一系列的机遇,但同时也暴露出一些问题,特别是财务管理的不科学、混乱严重阻碍了家族企业的进一步发展。财务管理是现代家族企业管理的基础和核心,家族企业应当认真分析在财务管理方面的一些问题,强化财务管理的重要性,建立健全财务管理制度与监督控制制度。     

用GAHP法和FCE法进行建设项目财务综合评价

提出用GAHP法确定建设项目财务综合评价指标体系和指标权重，用FCE法改进单指标评价，使得财务评价能为项目决策提供综合的、定量的、更合理的依据。     

Do small businesses adjust their capital structure? Evidence from the global financial crisis in Japan

We investigate the extent to which small businesses adjust their capital structures to target levels when their leverage increases substantially during a financial crisis. We examine Japan's Emergency Credit Guarantee (ECG) program during the 2008 global financial crisis. The increased leverage from the use of the ECG program during the crisis increased the probability of default. Additionally, small businesses adjusted their leverage ratios to the target range before the crisis. However, such adjustments were weak during and after the crisis, particularly for target firms in the ECG program.     

会计信息质量检查、董事联结与财务重述

基于财务重述视角,考察会计信息质量检查制度的直接治理和间接治理效应。研究发现：会计信息质量检查显著降低被公告公司财务重述概率,也会降低与被公告公司存在内部董事联结关系(简称“内部董事联结”)公司的财务重述概率,但对与被公告公司存在外部董事联结关系(简称“外部董事联结”)公司的财务重述概率无显著影响。强化媒体报道和内部控制质量是缓解会计信息质量检查在外部董事联结中间接治理失效的有效措施;会计信息质量检查监管力度加大会进一步降低被公告公司以及内部董事联结公司财务重述概率。     

甘肃农村贫困成因与反贫困模式的再认识

甘肃农村贫困的原因十分复杂,但根本原因在于长期封闭的传统农业生产方式.甘肃省20年大规模扶贫开发的实践,成功探索了区域性开发扶贫、解决温饱的反贫困道路模式.新时期扶贫开发面临新的形势和任务,打破传统农业封闭的模式,积极探索适应新形势的扶贫开发途径,对甘肃农村反贫困具有重要的战略意义.     

我国上市公司融资结构存在的问题及改进措施

现代融资理论认为企业的最优融资顺序为内部融资—债权融资—股权融资。而我国的上市公司却表现出典型的股权融资偏好,与西方现代企业在融资偏好上存在着明显的差异。在阐述现代融资理论的基础上,分析了我国上市公司融资结构存在的问题及其产生原因,指出了股权性融资偏好所带来的不良影响,最后提出了相应的改进措施。