Big Five Audits and Accounting Fraud*

We examine the association between Big Five audits and the incidence of accounting frauds allegedly committed by U.S. public companies between 1981 and 2001. Many commentators argue that the prominent financial reporting failures that led to major corporate governance reforms cast serious doubt on whether the large public accounting firms continue to supply relatively high‐quality audits, especially in recent years. However, in unmatched and matched samples, we provide strong, robust evidence that fraudulent financial reporting becomes less likely with the presence of a Big Five auditor. Importantly, time‐series tests suggest that the Big Five are consistently associated with a lower incidence of fraudulent accounting, including in the last five years of our sample period when the number of frauds soared. Moreover, we find evidence implying that these relations are causal rather than an artifact of endogeneity in auditor choice.     

China's search for the future: A genealogical approach

This paper is a dialectical inquiry, presenting a genealogy of, China futures discourses and visions from ancient times through to the, present. It uses both structural and macrohistorical based approaches. The identified worldviews are placed in their broader historical, epistemes; asked why change has occurred, how it fits within patterns of, history and what kind of futures are offered. It is unique in that I use, the futures triangle methodology to discuss the “pulls” of the future in, each historical era with the corresponding “pushes” of the present and, “weights” of the past. The article concludes with a theory of futures in, Chinese history and looks at which philosophies are likely to play a role, in the possible futures of China. The aim is to highlight which visions, and images have been victorious is affecting the present and influencing, the future.     

290m刚构桥三角区施工期间支架及上弦箱梁的受力分析

北盘江大桥主桥为(82.5+220+290+220+82.5)m预应力混凝土斜腿连续刚构桥。受下弦梁段浇筑、扣索张拉、预应力张拉等工序影响,该桥三角区受力复杂。针对此问题,结合三角区施工工艺,采用通用有限元软件建立三角区模型,分别对不考虑下弦箱梁变形及扣索和上弦箱梁预应力张拉影响、不考虑下弦箱梁变形及扣索张拉影响、考虑各工序影响的三角区支架及上弦箱梁进行全过程受力分析。分析结果表明,扣索张拉及下弦箱梁变形对上弦箱梁受力影响较小;随着扣索的张拉,各排支架轴力增大;但随下弦箱梁浇筑、上弦箱梁预应力筋张拉,各排支架轴力又将有所降低;受上弦箱梁预应力筋的张拉影响,第2~8排钢管支架在整个三角区施工过程中出现了脱空现象。     

法律治理、投资者保护与财务舞弊:一项基于上市公司的经验证据

本文以我国2002—2004年受处理的137家上市公司及配对公司为研究对象,通过对投资者法律保护与财务舞弊之间关系的实证研究发现,投资者法律保护程度与上市公司财务舞弊负相关,投资者法律保护程度的改善能有效降低财务舞弊概率。此结论的政策意义在于:在我国,完善法律制度是加强投资者保护从而抑制公司财务舞弊行为的一项重要制度安排。     

The Interaction between Internal Control Assessment and Substantive Testing in Audits for Fraud*

We examine the interaction between internal control assessments and substantive testing in a model of fraud detection. The purpose of our study is to examine a two‐stage model of the auditor‐manager interaction in which the auditor assesses the “likelihood” or possibility of fraud in the first stage and conducts substantive tests in the second stage. We examine the allocation of audit resources across these two distinct facets of the audit. We find that, regardless of the auditor's allocation, the probability of undetected fraud remains the same, but the allocation of some audit resources to internal control assessment may provide cost savings for the auditor.     

The Effects of Moral Reasoning and Self-Monitoring on CFO Intentions to Report Fraudulently on Financial Statements

This study adapts the theory of reasoned action (Ajzen and Fishbein, 1980) to the behavior of fraudulent reporting on financial statements so as to examine the effects of moral reasoning and self-monitoring on intention to report fraudulently, using structural equation modeling. The paper seeks to investigate two of the red flags for financial statement fraud identified in Loebbecke et al.'s (1989) paper: client management displays a significant lack of moral fiber and client personnel exhibit strong personality anomalies. As expected, high moral reasoners are more influenced than low moral reasoners by their own attitude towards the behavior. Contrary to prior research, low self-monitors are found to be more influenced than high self-monitors by subjective norms. Future research is recommended to investigate the counter-intuitive results for self-monitors, to consider the implications of group decision making as regards the promulgation of fraudulent financial statements, and to examine additional red flags for financial statement fraud.     

基于博弈分析的上市公司舞弊处罚问题探讨

在上市公司舞弊事件累禁不止的情况下,运用博弈分析方法,探讨注册会计师与上市公司舞弊审 计的监督博弈问题。结果表明,加大对注册会计师失察的处罚力度是防止上市公司舞弊的唯一可行办法。     

数学在建筑监察领域的运用

对于在建建筑的规划管控,是一个城市规划管理局的重要职能,由于在建建筑众多,尤其对于一些大型城市,对于在建建筑的规划管控主要是从建筑物的尺寸角度来进行的,包括是否超宽、超高等。如何引入计算机数学思想,构建一个在建建筑的智能化规划监察管控系统,并杜绝人情因素,成为提升规划监察工作效率和质量,体现科学发展观的重要技术手段。     

上市公司财务舞弊手段及其审计研究

越来越多的上市公司选择利用财务舞弊手段来谋求利润.研究发现,常见的上市公司财务舞弊手段主要有虚增资产、隐瞒负债、虚增收入、利用关联方交易舞弊4种,而目前中国的审查制度还不够完善,对于复杂的舞弊手段往往不能监察到位.为了经济市场的稳定运行,结合超华科技的具体案例进行分析,从公司内部、政府机关和中介机构3个角度总结出针对中国上市公司财务舞弊手段的防范对策.     

预付式会员卡诈骗行为的界定及其规制

预付式会员卡为人们提供快捷、方便消费服务的同时,也存在一定隐患。实践中不法分子多采用虚假宣传与隐瞒真相的手段实施诈骗。预付式会员卡民事诈骗行为有别于刑事诈骗行为,主要表现为构成要件和行为后果不同。为充分保护持卡人正当权益,我国有必要建立以登记制度为依托的全国后台监管系统,预防跨区作案;实行用卡实名制,增设预付卡短信对账提示功能;突出保护弱者,明确利于保护消费者利益的举证分配。同时,公诉机关也应以合同诈骗罪对预付式会员卡刑事诈骗行为进行衡量与规制。