Impact of family dominance on monitoring of earnings management by audit committees: Evidence from Hong Kong

This study examines whether the establishment of audit committees by Hong Kong firms would constrain earnings management, especially in firms with family-dominated corporate boards, a condition unique to Hong Kong. The study uses the methodology of three-stage (3SLS) regression analyses to control for endogeneity among earnings management, voluntarily established audit committee, and corporate board size. The results of regression analyses based on 523 observations for the period of 1999-2000 when the audit committees were first established by Hong Kong firms show that overall audit committees play a significant role in constraining earnings management even in the business environment of higher ownership concentration. The effectiveness of audit committees is, however, significantly reduced when family members are present on corporate boards, especially when family members dominate the corporate board.     

商业银行操作风险度量问题思考

操作风险日益受到专家学者的关注,新巴塞尔协议规定操作风险为银行业面临的三大风险之一。操作风险的种类主要有内部欺诈、外部欺诈;雇员活动和工作场所安全问题;客户、产品和业务活动问题;实物资产的损坏;业务中断和系统错误、执行、交付和过程管理等九类。操作风险度量模型主要有基本指标法、标准法、高级度量法三种方法。我国商业银行应选择适当的度量方法,建立损失数据库,加强对高级度量方法的研究,结合我国商业银行实际开发出新方法。     

新形势下国有企业如何做好党建工作——以广西农垦国有沙塘农场党委为例

文章通过对广西农垦国有沙塘农场党委党建工作进行剖析,以邓小平理论和＂三个代表＂重要思想为指导,全面贯彻落实科学发展现,深刻分析新形势下党建工作面临的新任务,并提出国有企业做好党建工作的对策。     

The role of technical expertise in firm governance structure: evidence from chief financial officer contractual incentives

We provide evidence that the presence of technical expertise in firm governance structure reduces reliance on contractual incentives to control the potential agency problem for executives whose responsibilities require specialized knowledge. Specifically, we find that firms with financial expertise in the form of a board finance committee, or a chief executive officer with a financial background, tend to use lower levels of incentive‐based compensation for their chief financial officers. Our findings suggest financial experts provide stronger oversight and/or direction with regard to firm financial policies and strategies, thereby allowing firms to reduce reliance on incentive compensation. Our study provides insight into the role of technical expertise and board committees in firm governance, and into the benefits of common functional expertise within top management teams. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

审计委员会与注册会计师的沟通——基于中国证券市场首次强制披露的描述及其含义

基于中国证券市场在2007年年度报告中首次公开披露的审计委员会履职信息,本文考察了审计委员会与注册会计师的沟通过程、方式和内容,初步探究了审计委员会发挥公司治理功效的可能机制。我们发现:审计委员会投入的审阅时间普遍很少;审计委员会与注册会计师的沟通方式普遍单一,且以函件方式为主,沟通内容以程序化内容为主,具体内容或实质性内容的沟通较少;公司披露的审计委员会与注册会计师的沟通方式和内容信息的可靠性值得商榷;用以反映审计委员会宏观特征的变量(诸如规模、独立性、会计与财务专长)是否能有效反映审计委员会的治理职能,值得商榷。     

审计委员会、独立董事监管效果研究--来自财务舞弊的证据

本文是对我国监管部门2001年以来提出的在上市公司建立独立董事和审计委员会的执行效果研究。通过对沪深两市2002~2004年51家舞弊公司进行配对研究发现审计委员会在我国自2002~2004年的执行效果显著于独立董事。为此文章提出了一些政策建议。     

The role of CSR committee characteristics on R&D investments

We investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) committees on research and development (R&D) investments. Using a unique sample of European listed companies, we offer three key results to the current academic and policy debate. First, we document that firms with a CSR committee exhibit lower levels of R&D investments. Second, we find that the CSR committee membership of either the CEO or chairman is associated with an increase in R&D investments. Finally, we provide evidence that firms whose CSR committees are chaired by a female director exhibit higher R&D investments. These results are of importance for academics, investors, and policy makers, since they shed light on the effect of CSR board committees on corporate outcomes, beyond their impact on social performance and/or sustainability disclosure.     

未成年人保护委员会制度研析

未成年人保护委员会作为专职的未成年人保护机构,有独立的法律地位,应由法律明确其权责,以更好地维护未成年人权益.     

The impact of board composition and family ownership on audit committee formation: Evidence from Hong Kong

This study investigates empirically the relationship between three major corporate governance attributes (family shareholding, non-executive directors and independent chairman) and the existence of audit committees across a sample of 397 publicly traded firms in Hong Kong. The results show that at a medium level of family shareholding (between 5% and 25%), the convergence-of-interest effect is dominant and the existence of audit committees decreases. At a high level of family shareholding (more than 25%), the entrenchment effect is dominant and as a result, the existence of audit committees increases. In addition, we show that the response of investors to audit committee existence is not dependent upon family shareholding when there is an independent chairman. The findings of our study also suggest that there is a positive association between the proportion of independent non-executive directors on the corporate board and audit committee existence. In addition, the results show that the positive association between independent non-executive directors is stronger for firms with an independent chairman. Implications of these findings for regulators are discussed.     

税费改革对村委会筹资的影响

税费改革后村委会收入大幅减少,村委会可用资金明显减少,村集体经济组织存在经费不足和公益事业难办等问题,对此,应进一步加强村委会资金筹集的管理与监督,建立新型的农业税收体系模式,优化村委会可用资源结构,保证村委会工作的正常运转。