业主委员会在促进社区参与中的作用与不足

伴随着社会转型,城市社区承载了更多的居民社会服务功能。在社区功能运行过程中,只有广泛而主动的社区参与,才能推动社区的全面发展和进步,使社区各主体之间的协调更加积极有效。那么近年来新兴的业主委员会更以其独特的功能,在社区参与中发挥越来越重要的作用。     

关于《深圳经济特区政府投资项目审计监督条例》的修正建议

本文主要对《深圳经济特区政府投资项目审计监督条例》在审计内容、决算送审时限、法律责任三个方面存在的问题进行了深入分析,进而有针对性地提出了法规修正建议。     

产权视角下城市社区居委会发展路径研究

我国城市格局逐渐由以单位为基本元素的体制向以社区为基本元素的体制变革，居委会是社区各项事务的管理与服务组织者，产权关系界定不清使居委会成为政府、民众乃至市场竞相逐利的“公共领域”，是导致社区工作效率低下的根本原因。为了明晰居委会的产权界定，实现社区资源的优化配置，市场化道路或者行政化道路应当是两条理想的改革路径。     

针对房产开发企业及物业管理的理性维权探讨

我国房产开发企业及物业管理存在很多侵害业主权益的问题。这一问题已经成为经济活动中的普遍现象。如果政府有关部门和社会不给予足够重视,并对业主与业主委员会理性维权加以正确引导,必将引起社会的不安定因素,这与创建和谐社会、宜居城市的发展主题背道而驰。因此,全社会都应营造业主与业主委员会理性维权的社会氛围,促进社区和谐、建设美好家园。     

Auditors' Affirmations of Compliance with IFRS around the World: An Exploratory Study*

It is widely believed that international financial reporting standards (IFRS) have been adopted in many countries, at least for the consolidated reporting of listed companies. However, in nearly all cases, what the rules require is some national or supranational version of IFRS. This might create problems for investor confidence and comparability. We examine what companies and auditors report concerning compliance with IFRS, focusing on the first full year of IFRS reporting by companies in the stock market indices of four major European countries and Australia. We find that, even when companies were complying with IFRS, they were generally not saying so, which seems to miss part of the point of the 35‐year project on international harmonization. In a small number of cases, auditors provided dual reports: on full IFRS in addition to the mandated reference to national GAAP where the latter corresponds with full IFRS. These cases were found only in Germany and the United Kingdom, and mainly related to companies that filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as foreign private issuers. We propose explanations for the general lack of dual reports and for the exceptions. We call for widespread adoption of dual reporting where a plain report on IFRS is not yet possible.     

持续经营有重大疑虑审计意见表达方式实证研究

从理论上讲,审计师在出具持续经营有重大疑虑审计意见时,由于受到经济依赖与审计风险的双重影响,可能存在变通行为。非参数检验结果表明:一方面,持续经营有重大疑虑审计意见的明确表达样本组与隐含表达样本组之间,在持续经营风险上存在显著差异,明确表达样本组的持续经营风险显著地高于隐含表达样本组;另一方面,隐含表达样本组审计师对客户公司的经济依赖显著地高于明确表达样本组。可以推论:审计师进行持续经营有重大疑虑审计意见决策,具体选择明确表达还是隐含表达时,综合权衡了对客户经济依赖和客户持续经营风险。     

Do corporate governance mechanisms affect cash dividends? An empirical investigation of UK firms

The study examines whether corporate governance mechanisms and the compliance with good governance practice are related to cash dividends. In particular, the study assesses the effect of institutional ownership and board structure on the decision to pay cash dividends. A study on UK firms is interesting because firms are expected to voluntarily structure governance mechanisms based on their own needs. We find that institutional owners positively affect cash dividend payments, suggesting that UK institutions are effective in forcing firms to disgorge cash. There is limited evidence that independent directors affect the cash dividends. The results also show that firm specifics affect the cash dividends, namely, business risk, firm size, and leverage ratio. The results are consistent across several robustness checks.     

政府绩效审计“阶梯型”评价模式的构建与应用——以BRT公共交通投资项目为例

构建一套政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计评价模式是提高政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计效率和审计质量的关键,然而目前业界尚未对此形成统一认识。论文基于平衡计分卡理论从资源配置、职能行使、潜力发挥和贡献效益四个维度,构建了“阶梯形”政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计评价模式,并通过模糊评价对某市BRT项目调研数据对该模式进行了验证。     

The association between audit committee effectiveness and audit risk

Audit committees (ACs) are expected to play a key role in improving financial statement integrity and as a consequence reduce audit risk. Companies reporting conformity with regulations can have an AC that appears effective but is not actually effective in substance. We surveyed audit partners and managers to identify their indicators of actual AC effectiveness (auditor‐chosen list). We hypothesize a negative association between AC effectiveness and audit risk, only when an auditor‐chosen list, rather than extent of conformity with regulations, is used to measure effectiveness. Results support our expectations.     

Audit opinion and earnings management: Evidence from Greece

This study examines the relationship between audit opinions and earnings management, as measured by discretionary accruals, for listed firms on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). We divide the qualified audit opinions into two categories: qualified for the going-concern uncertainty and qualified for other reasons. The results indicate that audit opinions are not related to earnings management. Client financial characteristics, such as profitability and size are determinants of the going-concern audit opinion decision. The decision of auditors to issue qualified opinions for other reasons is explained by the type of audit opinion issued in the previous year.