Audit Partner Disciplinary Actions and Financial Restatements

This study investigates the signalling role and rectification effectiveness of an audit partner disciplinary system. The signalling role refers to whether sanctions reflect the poor audit quality of disciplined audit partners, and rectification effectiveness addresses whether disciplinary actions enhance subsequent audit quality. The sample consists of Taiwanese listed companies, in the period 2000 to 2006, where the identities of audit partners who sign audit reports and who are sanctioned are accessible. Empirical results indicate that in the pre‐sanction period, the probability of financial restatements by clients of disciplined audit partners is significantly higher than that of non‐disciplined audit partners. The more severe or frequent the sanctions, the higher the likelihood of financial restatements in the pre‐sanction period. These findings imply that audit partner disciplinary actions can serve as a signal of lower audit quality provided by those partners. The rectification effectiveness of disciplinary actions is examined from two perspectives: (1) the effects on subsequent improvements of audit quality of disciplined audit partners; and (2) audit quality enhancement of successor non‐disciplined audit partners who accept clients from disciplined audit partners. Empirical results show a lower probability of restating financial statements audited by disciplined audit partners after sanctions. We also find a lower likelihood of restating financial statements audited by successor non‐disciplined audit partners in the post‐sanction period. Both findings support our conclusion that audit partner sanctions improve audit quality. Overall, audit partner disciplinary actions can signal lower quality audit partners and are effective in enhancing audit quality.     

对创新高校内部审计模式的思考

目前，我国高校内部审计模式难以同高校的快速发展相适应，难以充分发挥内部审计的监督与评价职能作用。创新高校内部审计模式，必须在设置审计委员会、提升审计质量、拓宽审计领域上下功夫。     

Responses by Australian auditors to the global financial crisis

We examine the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on auditor behaviour in Australia. Using a sample of listed companies, we examine whether the GFC impacted the propensity of auditors to issue going concern modifications and increased audit effort as reflected in audit fees and audit reporting lag. Controlling for client characteristics, we find an increase in the propensity to issue going concern opinions during the period 2008–2009 compared with the period 2005–2007 and that Big N auditors responded to the GFC earlier than non‐Big N auditors. In relation to audit effort, we find evidence of increased audit fees during the period 2008–2009 compared with the period 2005–2007. There is, however, no evidence of increased audit reporting lags during the GFC.     

新形势下国有企业如何做好党建工作——以广西农垦国有沙塘农场党委为例

文章通过对广西农垦国有沙塘农场党委党建工作进行剖析,以邓小平理论和三个代表重要思想为指导,全面贯彻落实科学发展现,深刻分析新形势下党建工作面临的新任务,并提出国有企业做好党建工作的对策。     

股权激励下经理人机会主义行为的经济学分析

从理论上探讨股权激励下经理人机会主义的动机与实现途径。在薪酬委员会不独立时,具有信息优势地位的经理人可以通过在实施激励前尽可能地将股权激励授予时的获取成本压低以及实施激励后通过盈余管理的行为将公司的股价抬高等机会主义行为实现其股权基础薪酬最大化。为了保证股权激励的有效性,应从委员构成以及议事程序等方面进一步提高薪酬委员会的独立性。     

发包方视角下的财务外包问题探讨

财务外包(Finance Outsourcing)是西方国家发展较快的一种财务管理模式。近年来,联合利华、微软、宝洁、强生等国际知名跨国公司将其部分或全部财务与会计业务外包给会计公司。然而,财务外包在我国企业中的实践进程却相当缓慢,专业机构少,业务能力较低,服务对象较为狭窄,其发展处于"瓶颈"阶段,许多企业(即发包方)尤其是大中型企业对财务外包持怀疑、观望态度。基于此,本文拟从发包方的角度探讨财务外包问题及其应对措施,以促进我国财务外包快速健康发展。     

Political trust as rational belief: Evidence from Chinese village elections

Democratic governance is believed to improve government responsiveness to citizens’ demand for public goods. In China, villagers’ committee elections represent a major progress in China’s development toward good governance. We develop a rational model to explain villagers’ participation. Utilizing a national survey of rural residents in 2005, this paper tests the insights of the model. Two findings are of interest to the students of voting and elections. First, there is disagreement over the causal relationship between political trust and voting. This paper offers a rational interpretation of political trust by emphasizing the informational aspect of the concept. Second, voting is generally theorized as a process of overcoming various costs. The prospect of benefits figures more prominently in Chinese village elections. Our findings highlight the pivotal role of township governments in China’s rural politics and reveal the inner dilemma of democratization in China.     

信息披露委员会的制度设计

目前我国上市公司治理结构中缺失信息披露委员会制度。本文首先分析了信息披露的成因,然后从信息披露的复杂性、解决信息披露存在问题的紧迫性和信息披露战略管理的要求,多个角度探讨了设置信息披露委员会的必要性和可行性,并对我国上市公司信息披露委员会的制度设计提出了初步的构想。     

探路城市社区管理体制改革——基于铜陵市铜官山区“区直管社区”的实践分析

社区是社会管理的基本单元,社区管理与服务的质量直接关系到亿万居民的切身利益。在加强和创新社会管理的背景下,如何创新城市社区管理体制,解决政府部门与社区关系不顺、职责不清、社区居委会行政化等问题成为现实发展的迫切需求。基于此,铜官山区撤销街道办事处,实行＂区直管社区＂综合体制改革为城市社区管理体制改革探索了新的发展路径。尤其是＂一个核心三个体系＂的社区组织架构有效地实现了政府行政管理与社区居民自治的有机衔接与良性互动,为此,笔者进一步提出社区管理体制改革是加强和创新社会管理的基石的论断。     

农村环境治理绩效审计的作用机制与实施路径

农村环境治理是实施乡村振兴战略的重要举措,实施农村环境治理绩效审计是推进环境治理体系和治理能力现代化建设的重要内容之一。目前农村环境治理存在着投资大、周期长、涉及面广、收效缓等问题,亟需开展农村环境治理绩效审计以提升农村环境治理绩效。本文基于农村环境治理全流程,把农村环境治理绩效审计的主要内容分为农村环境政策审计、农村环境资金审计、农村环境项目审计和农村环境监管审计。然后从审计的预防、揭示和抵御功能分析了农村环境治理绩效审计的威慑、纠偏和反馈作用。在此基础上,提出了农村环境治理绩效审计的实施路径:加强审计处理与处罚力度,协同审计追责问责;聚焦审计整改与纠偏控制,统筹审计资源技术;完善审计建议与公开制度,构建审计评估机制。