会计师事务所合并、审计市场结构与审计定价

以2006年至2009年初发生的8起"强强联合"会计师事务所合并案为研究对象,分析合并发生前后审计市场结构与审计定价的变化后发现:随着会计师事务所合并案的增多,市场结构呈现出市场集中度增加以及大所之间竞争更为均衡的特点,国内本土所的市场力量在逐渐增强,但与国际"四大"之间还存在着十分明显的差距。从单变量检验来看,合并后会计师事务所对同一客户的审计收费较合并前显著增加,但在控制其他影响审计定价的因素后,合并因素对审计定价虽仍有正向作用,但是在统计上并不显著。     

An empirical analysis of audit fee price competition after the Korean 1999 Omnibus Cartel Repeal Act

This study examines the audit service market in Korea after the 1999 Omnibus Cartel Repeal Act to determine if increased competition has led to audit fee discounting. Until 19 December 2001, when the Korean government enacted The Financial Supervisory Regulations, researchers could not address questions related to price competition in the Korean audit market due to data limitations. The new regulations allow researchers to examine audit effort for the first time because both audit hours and audit fees are now recommended disclosures. We use audit fee data of Korean companies for the 6-year period 1999–2004, and find evidence that total audit fees paid have been increasing but audit fees per hour have been decreasing. We also find that Big 5 auditing firms’ fees per hour are significantly lower than non-Big 5 auditing firms and are decreasing across time. These price pressures should be of concern to regulators and investors because prior research has demonstrated that price competition leads to discounting, which can result in unrealistically low audit fees and poor audit quality. Finally, as in previous research, we also find discounting of initial audit engagements in the Korean market.     

浅析审计收费与意见购买的关系——基于不变更会计师事务所的探讨

目前,学术界对审计意见购买行为都高度关注,国内外大多数学者都是通过会计师事务所的变更来研究审计意见购买,但本文在研究审计意见购买行为时发现,在我国现有的审计环境下,一般理性的上市公司,如果能够和现任会计师事务所谈判成功从而购买到审计意见,是不愿意更换会计师事务所的。本文在借鉴、吸收前人研究成果的基础上,将理论分析和案例分析相结合,从审计收费的角度,研究不变更会计师事务所情况下发生的审计意见购买行为。     

中国失地农民权益保护及若干政策建议

随着工业化与城镇化的快速推进,伴随着农地转为非农建设用地,产生大量的失地农民。对北京市朝阳区、江苏省苏州市吴中区、山东省滕州市、四川省双流县的实地调查表明,失地农民问题是城镇化进程中一个综合性问题,是城乡二元结构深层次矛盾的反映。解决好失地农民问题,不仅要切实贯彻落实好现行有关征地管理及补偿的政策,而且要加快征地制度改革,多渠道促进失地农民就业,完善失地农民社会保障制度,使失地农民的长远生计有保障。     

非财报问询函对审计意见的影响研究

现有研究重点探讨了财报问询函与审计行为的关系,非财报问询函对审计行为的影响尚不得而知。以2015—2021年A股上市公司为研究对象,探寻非财报问询函对审计意见的影响。研究发现,上市公司收到的非财报问询函数量越多,被出具非标准审计意见的概率越高,非财报问询函更有利于形成客观的审计意见。机制检验结果表明,非财报问询函通过揭示企业经营风险,进而影响审计师的审计意见决策。异质性分析发现,在内部控制质量低、信息披露质量低以及没有超额配置审计师的样本中,非财报问询函对非标准审计意见的正向影响更显著。以问询函类型为切入点,深化了监管问询函与审计行为的相关研究,也为探索构建“监管部门-中介机构”协同监管机制提供了新的思路。     

审计收费影响因素之长期特征研究

通过对2001～2008年的审计收费进行分析,比较了不同年度审计收费的变化以及不同行业审计收费的差异,并采用多元回归方法检验了审计收费的决定因素。结果显示,公司资产规模、子公司数量、地区经济收入水平及四大变量都显著影响了审计收费;另外,资产负债率、审计意见和审计任期也与审计收费显著相关。从行业分类回归来看,不同行业间审计收费的决定因素存在一定的差异。     

对我国审计收费中低价揽客现象的分析

低价揽客（lowbowlling）是影响注册会计师独立性的主要问题之一。本文从对低价揽客现状的分析出发,探讨低价揽客存在的根源：一是缺乏对高质量审计的需求和有效的披露机制;二是行业与公司管理不到位;三是＂四大＂的垄断地位,并对当前的审计收费制度提出了根本性的变革思路。     

Do Big-Four affiliates earn audit fee premiums in emerging markets?

The paper investigates whether Big-Four affiliated (B4A) firms earn audit premiums in an emerging economy context, using Bangladesh as a case. The joint determination of audit and non-audit service fees is also examined using a sample of 122 companies listed in the Dhaka Stock Exchange. Our findings reveal that although the B4A firms do not generally earn a fee premium in Bangladesh, they charge higher audit fees for clients not purchasing non-audit services. This suggests that the B4A firms may actually lower audit fees to attract non-audit services, and cross subsidizes audit fees through non-audit-services fees. The lack of a B4A premium implies that there is lack of quality audit in emerging markets. We also document that audit and non-audit service fees are jointly determined in Bangladesh. Thus, we provide evidence of joint determination of audit and non-audit service fees in an emerging economy context.     

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.     

基于审计主客体特征的审计收费的影响因素分析

本文在以往研究成果的基础之上,从会计师事务所和被审计单位主客体的角度研究审计收费的影响因素。基于会计师事务所角度,影响审计收费的因素有:审计成本、事务所的规模、事务所的品牌效应;基于被审计单位角度,影响审计收费的因素分别是:资产规模和子公司个数、盈余管理、所有权集中程度和股东的制衡度、风险水平、区域位置。