Chinese accounting restatement and the timeliness of annual report

Chinese accounting restatements are mainly disclosed in companies’ annual reports due to unique Chinese institutional background and regulatory setting. China provides the scheduled disclosure system for annual report, which is seldom found in any other countries. The difference between actual filing date and scheduled date as timeliness proxy can better depict how annual report is delayed by sudden events such as restatements. Using manually collected data of accounting restatements from 2004 to 2014, we study the association between Chinese accounting restatement and the timeliness of annual report. The results indicate that with an accounting restatement, a company takes longer to file annual reports than scheduled, suggesting a negative association between Chinese accounting restatements and timeliness of annual reports. We also find that this result is not altered whether CEO/chairman or auditor is the same between misstatement period and restatement period. The results are robust when other timeliness measures are used. When further examining the association between various restatement characteristics and timeliness of annual reports, we find an overall negative association between restatement severity and the timeliness of annual reports. We contribute to the existing accounting restatement literature from international perspective with evidence that restatements delay the timeliness of financial reporting.     

内部控制缺陷整改后企业高管腐败程度降低了吗？——基于高管隐性和显性腐败双重视角的实证分析

以内部控制缺陷的动态整改为切入点,以2007-2017年上市公司为研究样本,实证检验内部控制缺陷发生整改和整改及时性对高管隐性和显性腐败的影响,并区分缺陷认定标准严格程度与缺陷异质性做了进一步分析。结果表明：相比未整改公司,整改公司的高管隐性腐败程度更低,但显性腐败程度短期内没有明显变化;整改所耗时间越长,隐性腐败程度增长越快,显性腐败的发生概率越高;仅在内部控制缺陷认定标准较为宽松以及存在公司层面内控缺陷的样本中,内控缺陷整改前后,高管腐败程度才有明显变化。     

基于事项法的角度对价值链会计的全新理解

价值链会计与事项法都是具有变革性的会计思想,在许多方面有相似点。因此,从事项法的角度对价值链会计的会计目标、信息质量特征、价值链会计模式下的会计流程再造、价值链会计的理论和实践价值进行分析,力求全新理解价值链会计。     

独立董事与审计委员会治理效果研究——来自年报披露及时性的经验证据

通过对2003—2005年沪深两市3 782个样本的描述性统计分析以及多元回归分析,从上市公司年报披露及时性这一全新的视角对独立董事与审计委员会治理效果研究发现:上市公司董事会中独立董事比例越大,独立董事制度在年报披露的及时性上起的作用越大;审计委员会与董事会的勤勉程度对于年报披露的及时性没有显著影响;同时验证了在我国资本市场上,确实存在着"好消息早,坏消息晚"的披露规律。最后基于研究结论提出了针对性的建议。     

高溢价并购特征与商誉减值及时性——基于并购时管理层过度自信的视角

本文跟踪了并购事件层次商誉从形成到首次减值的过程,并将商誉减值时间和减值风险分为合理减值和延迟减值两部分,通过使用生存分析模型的半参数模型,在一定程度上解决了合理减值时间和风险无法衡量的问题,实证检验了并购特征中的管理层过度自信程度与商誉减值及时性的关系。研究发现,相比于非过度自信的管理层,并购时过度自信的管理层会高估并购溢价,对后续期间的商誉减值风险认知不足,进而延长商誉减值延迟时间、降低商誉减值及时性。本文的研究结果对商誉减值及时性领域做出了有益补充,为有关部门完善商誉减值相关准则和制定商誉减值风险管控政策提供了经验证据。     

未预期盈余、审计意见与年报披露及时性——来自上海证券交易所上市公司年报的证据

以2001-2004年度所有沪市上市公司为样本,实证检验了未预期盈余、审计报告类型、公司业绩等多个因素对上市公司年报披露绝对及时性和相对及时性的影响。研究结果发现,未预期盈余为正的年报、被出具标准审计意见的年报以及业绩好的年报披露较早;反之亦然;当年会计师事务所变更的公司和亏损公司年报披露较晚。在变更年报预约披露日期的公司中,未预期盈余为正的公司、被出具标准审计意见的公司以及业绩好的公司通常提前披露年报;反之亦然。     

Conditional conservatism and the limits to earnings management

We examine the impact of conditional conservatism on earnings management. Our findings support the view that conditional conservatism reduces accruals-based earnings management but also triggers a trade-off between accruals and real earnings management. In our main tests we use the passage of SFAS 121 as a plausibly exogenous regulatory change that increased the level of conditional conservatism but did not materially affect earnings management. We find that, after the regulation, treated firms reduce accruals-based earnings management and increase real earnings management, and are less likely to be marginal or habitual beaters of earnings benchmarks. Given the crucial role of earnings for firm valuation and analysis, and that conditionally conservative accounting choices are observable, our results should be of wide interest for investment professionals.     

Timeliness of Accounting Information in Family Controlled and Managed Companies in Brazil

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of family control and management in the quality of accounting information in Brazilian companies, with a focus on timeliness. The sample consisted of 72 Brazilian companies and 1,656 observations from 2008 to 2013. The results show that family-controlled companies are quicker to recognize good news related to the price of the respective stock. On the other hand, family managed companies showed low accounting timeliness in relation to recognition of good news. The findings contribute to the agency theory and the literature on family firms and confirm that such companies experience fewer agency problems arising from conflicts between majority and minority shareholders. In addition, the agency conflicts between the management and minority shareholders can be compounded by the recognition of good news not being in family managed firms.     

基于时效性和响应性的生鲜农产品配送中心选址模型研究

针对生鲜农产品的时效性和响应性等特性,引入生鲜度损耗系数和响应时间满意度函数,提出了基于时效性和响应性的生鲜农产品配送中心选址模型。最后给出了该问题的一个算例,结果表明了该模型的有效性。     

建设项目规划中压覆矿产资源问题研究

建设项目压覆矿产资源评估是新建项目征地审批的重要环节,对保护矿产资源及其合理开发利用具有重要意义。笔者总结分析了近年来参与的压覆矿产资源评估工作过程中遇到的相关问题,并提出相应的解决建议。