An assessment of the learning benefits of using a Web-based Learning Environment when teaching accounting

The impact and use of information and communication technology on learning outcomes for accounting students is not well understood. This study investigates the impact of design features of Blackboard¹ used as a Web-based Learning Environment (WBLE) in teaching undergraduate accounting students. Specifically, this investigation reports on a number of Blackboard design features (e.g. delivery of lecture notes, announcements, online assessment and model answers) used to deliver learning materials regarded as necessary to enhance learning outcomes. Responses from 369 on-campus students provided data to develop a regression model that seeks to explain enhanced participation and mental effort. The final regression shows that student satisfaction with the use of a WBLE is associated with five design features or variables. These include usefulness and availability of lecture notes, online assessment, model answers, and online chat.     

资产减值计提动机的实证研究

基于A股上市公司在2006年以及2007年所披露资产减值的计提以及其它相关数据进行的实证研究结果表明:行业类别的实质性经济因素与资产减值率存在一定的负向关系;实施新会计准则的2007年与2006年相比较,高管变动、迎合预期以及洗澡动机、收益平滑动机与资产减值计提具有了显著关系;资产减值计提具有正向关系的报告动机被明显地观察到了,成为解释资产减值计提的关键因素,相反,负向的关系并不显著.     

机构投资者与会计信息质量之关系的实证研究

从会计信息披露的可靠性、相关性、及时性和客观性的角度入手,构建了一个会计信息质量的综合指数,采用多元回归分析的方法对我国机构投资者与上市公司会计信息质量之关系进行了实证研究,并分析了股权分置改革的实施对上述关系的影响.研究结果表明:股权分置改革前后,机构投资者的持股比例、持股的机构投资者数量、前十大流通股东中机构投资者的数量均与会计信息质量正相关;股权分置改革不会影响上述相关关系.     

政府会计信息披露研究

随着我国政府体制改革的不断进行,我国对于政府会计信息披露的要求也会随之提上日程,本文对我国政府会计信息披露的必要性进行了说明,并对我国现行的政府会计信息披露存在的问题进行了阐述和反思,以此作为改革的理论和现实基础,同时在这一基础上提出了一些相应的建议,希望对我国政府会计信息披露有所帮助。     

Smoothing Mechanisms in Defined Benefit Pension Accounting Standards: A Simulation Study*

The accounting for defined benefit (DB) pension plans is complex and varies significantly across jurisdictions despite recent international convergence efforts. Pension costs are significant, and many worry that unfavorable accounting treatment could lead companies to terminate DB plans, a result that would have important social implications. A key difference in accounting standards relates to whether and how the effects of fluctuations in market and demographic variables on reported pension cost are “smoothed". Critics argue that smoothing mechanisms lead to incomprehensible accounting information and induce managers to make dysfunctional decisions. Furthermore, the effectiveness of these mechanisms may vary. We use simulated data to test the volatility, representational faithfulness, and predictive ability of pension accounting numbers under Canadian, British, and international standards (IFRS). We find that smoothed pension expense is less volatile, more predictive of future expense, and more closely associated with contemporaneous funding than is “unsmoothed” pension expense. The corridor method and market‐related value approaches allowed under Canadian GAAP have virtually no smoothing effect incremental to the amortization of actuarial gains and losses. The pension accrual or deferred asset is highly correlated with the pension plan deficit/surplus. Our findings complement existing, primarily archival, pension accounting research and could provide guidance to standard‐setters.     

吉林省会计中介服务业发展问题研究

吉林省会计中介服务业为维护吉林省市场经济秩序、监督经济信息质量、促进经济健康运行发挥了重要的作用,但与国内发达省市相比,在规模、服务质量、效益等方面还存在着很大差距。由于吉林省经济发展水平较低、会计中介执业人员整体素质不高、人才流失严重、业务市场单一等因素的制约,会计中介服务业发展较慢。要实现吉林省会计中介服务业的跨越式发展,必须培育和建设和谐的事务所文化,以吸引和留住人才;推进事务所实行业务多元化战略;坚持会计职业道德教育,加强行业监管和自律;明确市场定位,完善事务所内部治理结构。     

初论会计生态系统建设——基于上海国际金融中心建设的视角

建设一个相对丰满、全面而动态平衡的会计生态系统．是为配合并协助上海建设国际金融中心,并实现会计生态系统和国际金融中心两者相辅相成、紧密配合的高效互动。本文正是以上海国际金融中心建设为契机,提出同步推进与前者相匹配的“会计生态系统”建设。在对“会计生态系统”进行类比定义的基础上．将会计生态系统的基本结构进一步划分为经济主体和内部环境两大模块,并对其对应的会计体系建设进行了初步阐述。     

Goodwill write-off and financial market behaviour: An analysis of possible relationships

The aim of this contribution is to verify whether there exists a reaction of financial markets to the new accounting method for goodwill introduced by SFAS 142 and IAS 36. Our research hypothesis is that financial markets should have no significant reaction to the goodwill write-off following the impairment test, since the latter's outcome represents an economic estimate without financial significance. The hypothesis was checked by the analysis of the companies added to the Standard & Poor's Europe 350 index over a three-year period, taking note of goodwill write-off announcements and relating them with the stock market prices and their volatility. The results demonstrate a correlation between the goodwill write-off and the behaviour of financial markets, while the same connection cannot be evinced for prices volatility. Also, what comes out from our analysis is that markets need a relatively long period, over one semester, before absorbing in full the effects resulting from the write-off announcement.     

会计信息透明度问题产生的经济后果

会计信息透明度较低会带来严重的经济后果。文章利用博弈论、CAPM模型、统计分析等方法研究发现,会计信息透明度与股价偏离程度和波动性、资本成本、社会经济成本呈负相关关系。会计信息透明度降低到一定程度,股价波动性风险增加、融资成本增加、社会经济负担增加,依此形成恶性循环,最终将影响投资者决策,扭曲市场交易行为,降低资本市场效率,甚至导致市场失效。因此,会计信息透明度问题是资本市场亟待解决的核心问题。     

会计模拟实验教学浅析

会计模拟实验教学是实现课堂理论教学与实践教学相结合的有效途径,是有效解决实践教学目标与弥补校外实习不足的最佳途径,是提高学生动手能力,推动素质教育,培养应用型人才的有效途径。