市场化进程、内部控制与独立审计

与以往研究不同,文章借鉴制度环境与公司治理机制之间的共生互动理论,考察在我国转轨经济的特定制度背景下,市场化进程与内部控制对独立审计治理机制的影响。研究发现:内部控制质量差的上市公司,越可能选择"非十大"所进行审计,审计费用越高,越可能获得"标准"审计意见;而且在市场化程度低的地区,更高的审计费用和"标准"审计意见的获得,基本上都是本地小所的执业结果。研究表明,审计治理效应的充分显现,不仅需要有效的内部控制和完善的市场化水平,而且更需要两者的互动与协同。     

审计师客户不匹配关系如何影响资本市场信息环境？——基于关键审计事项披露视角

新审计报告准则增加了披露关键审计事项的要求,以2016—2020年的关键审计事项文本数据为研究对象,考察了审计师客户不匹配关系对关键审计事项披露的影响。研究发现,向上的审计师客户不匹配关系显著提升了关键审计事项可读性、详细程度和数量,有助于优化资本市场信息环境;向下的审计师客户不匹配关系显著降低了关键审计事项可读性、详细程度和数量,无益于资本市场信息环境的改善。进一步分析发现,在向上的审计师客户不匹配关系中,审计师更倾向于清晰说明关键审计事项的披露原因,给出结论性评价,并且会披露更多的行业共性风险事项和公司特性风险事项。研究结论为完善关键审计事项披露制度、持续优化资本市场信息环境提供了有益借鉴。     

财务报告舞弊行政处罚与可感知审计质量

以2001年至2008年间非金融类、非外资类正常交易A股公司为研究样本,考察财务报告舞弊行政处罚是否传递了可感知审计质量信息,实证研究结果表明：投资者总体上并不认可财务报告舞弊行政处罚传递了可感知审计质量信息,仅当投资者观察到反映坏消息的审计意见（如审计师出具非标审计意见、审计意见未改善等）和反映审计师声誉信息（如审计师受到行政处罚）的情况下,投资者才认为财务报告舞弊行政处罚传递了可感知审计质量信息。     

财务重述与审计师变更——来自中国上市公司的经验证据

本文以2003--2011年我国主板上市公司为样本，从市场声誉和信号传递的角度，对上市公司财务重述与审计师变更问题予以分析和解答。本文研究结果显示，相比于非财务重述公司而言，财务重述公司更可能变更审计师，且变更概率与重述的严重程度显著正相关，此外，就变更审计师的公司而言，财务重述公司比非重述公司更可能从小所变更为大所或在平级所之间进行变更。在此研究基础上，本文提出相应的政策建议。     

Auditor Concentration: A Replication and Extension for the UK Audit Market 1991–1995

This paper examines the issue of auditor concentration in the UK during the period from 1991 to 1995. It shows that in 1995 the Big Six held 75% of the total number of audits and collectively earned 92% of the total audit fees. There was only a small increase in auditor concentration during the five year period, resulting from companies switching from small audit firms to Big Six and newly listed companies choosing a Big Six firm. The paper also examines auditor concentration within industries. Finally, the study assesses the measurement methods most commonly used in auditor concentration studies.     

An Experimental Study of Auditor Analytical Review Judgements

This paper provides evidence as to how five factors highlighted in the current UK auditing standard are taken into account by auditors in analytical review (AR) judgements. While the relative importance of particular cues was generally found to be consistent with the standard, certain factors were taken into account only to a marginal extent. Little evidence of configural cue usage was identified. The study also provides evidence of a tendency towards conservatism in the way auditors approach AR. The results suggest both that the potential to substitute AR for other substantive procedures may be realised only imperfectly and that the issue of configural reasoning should be addressed in the auditing standard.     

董事会特征与会计师事务所的选择——来自中国证券市场的经验证据

本文利用2002—2004年中国上市公司及其主审会计师事务所作为研究样本，检验董事会特征对公司选择会计师事务所类型的影响。在控制了上市公司的规模、行业、经营业绩和财务杠杆等因素的影响后，研究发现，设立了审计委员会的上市公司更加倾向于选择“国际四大”会计师事务所，同时证明了董事会受大股东控制对于选择“国际四大”所的概率具有显著影响。     

A Comparative Analysis of Auditor, Manager and Financial Analyst Interpretations of SFAS 5 Disclosure Guidelines

This study examines empirically whether financial analysts (users), as well as managers (preparers) and external auditors ascribe different interpretations to the SFAS 5 disclosure criteria. We find: (1) financial analysts are, on average, more conservative than managers and auditors in their numerical interpretations of both the 'remote' and 'probable' verbal phrases; (2) managers and auditors share very similar numerical interpretations of these verbal phrases; (3) audit partners' numerical interpretations of the 'remote' region are between those of managers and users, whereas audit managers align their numerical interpretations with those of managers. One danger is that preparers of financial statements may omit loss contingency information that users consider valuable.     

独董与其他高管的公司治理作用有差异吗？——基于政治关联与审计契约视角的检验

以2007—2011年A股非金融保险业上市公司为样本,从政治关联与审计契约角度揭示独立董事与其他高管在公司治理中的差异。研究发现:在审计师选择方面,独立董事存在政治关联的企业倾向于选择高质量的审计服务,其他高管存在政治关联的企业倾向于选择低质量的审计服务。结合对审计费用考察发现,其他高管存在政治关联的企业选择较低质量审计服务的同时却支付相对较高的审计费用,但又并没有支付显著高于独立董事存在政治关联的企业选择高质量审计服务时支付的审计费用。     

Foreign Institutional Ownership and the Global Convergence of Financial Reporting Practices

This paper investigates whether foreign institutional investors affect the global convergence of financial reporting practices. Using several measures of reporting convergence, we show that U.S. institutional ownership is positively associated with subsequent changes in emerging market firms’ accounting comparability to their U.S. industry peers. We identify this association using an instrumental variable approach that exploits exogenous variation in U.S. institutional investment generated by the JGTRRA Act of 2003. Further, we provide evidence of a specific mechanism—the switch to a Big Four audit firm—through which U.S. institutional investors affect reporting convergence. Finally, we show that, for emerging market firms, an increase in comparability to U.S. firms is associated with an improvement in the properties of foreign analysts’ forecasts.