The Effects of Auditor Social and Human Capital on Auditor Compensation: Evidence from the Italian Small Audit Firm Market

Abstract

This study examines whether social and human capital influence the compensation of individual auditors in the small audit firm market. We employ a sample of Italian auditors and use measures from the network and auditing literatures to capture their professional connections, representing social capital, and their industry expertise, representing human capital. Our findings show a positive and economically meaningful association between these individual attributes and auditor compensation. We run several tests to address potential endogeneity issues in our research design. Our results suggest that, in the small audit market, clients perceive as valuable those auditors with higher social and human capital, and as a result, are willing to pay a premium for these specific auditor attributes.     

建立我国商业银行外部审计制度的构想

商业银行外部审计因受托责任的发生、发展而产生和发展。实践证明，商业银行外部审计，可以从根本上改善商业银行内部管理和控制的有效性，提高金融监管当局的监管效率。加入WTO后，我国商业银行在面对强大的外部竞争者的同时，风险管理及监管水平低的问题也日趋凸显。因此，我们认为在提高商业银行自身经营管理水平、风险控制能力以及中央银行监管效率的同时，应从制度安排入手建立中国的商业银行外部审计制度。     

中华经济圈上市公司审计报告比较研究

本以中华经济圈上市公司审计报告为研究对象，分别就大陆、香港、台湾三个地区审计报告的内容与格式加以比较研究。两岸三地在审计观念、独立审计规范性质、审计责任和执业关注等多个方面的差别是形成大陆、香港和台湾地区上市公司审计报告差异的主要原因。因此，合理地借鉴港台地区审计报告体系先进的做法，全面改革和完善大陆审计报告体系和独立审计规范体系，将是我们积极迎接审计市场国际化的必要措施。     

我国民间审计发展的制约因素刍议

建立和维护社会经济秩序是民间审计的基本职能,我国的民间审计自20世纪80年代恢复以来,经过20年的发展已经初具规模.但与发达国家相比,仍处于初始阶段.为推动民间审计事业的快速健康发展,从我国民间审计的发展现状出发,分析我国民间审计发展的制约因素.     

基于生命周期的虚拟企业知识活动分析及其伙伴选择过程研究

随着新经济的到来,知识越来越成为企业快速响应市场机遇和获取竞争优势的最短缺资源.而企业自身知识资源的有限性使企业越来越多地采用虚拟企业的高级形态--知识联盟型虚拟企业来弥补企业知识资源的不足以快速响应变化的市场需求.本文首先对知识联盟型虚拟企业的知识缺口类型进行研究和划分,然后分析并描述虚拟企业生命周期各阶段的知识活动;在此基础之上,探讨虚拟企业组建阶段考虑知识要素的伙伴选择过程;最后,针对不同的知识缺口,提出伙伴选择过程的评价指标体系设计中应考虑的知识性因素.     

国有企业审计监督体系构建研究

在我国现行国有资产管理体制下,国有企业不仅要接受国有资产监管体系内部多种形式的监督,而且还要同时接受政府审计、社会审计和内部审计的监督。由于各种审计主体职责重复、各自为政,在导致审计资源严重浪费的同时,还造成许多国有企业长期缺乏有效的审计监督。本文从我国国有资产监管体系的现行架构出发,对政府审计、社会审计、内部审计及其他多种审计主体的分工与配合问题进行了研究,为国有企业建立合理有效的审计监督体系提供参考。     

并行审计技术在企业中的应用探讨

文章通过分析企业计算机信息系统的发展对企业内部审计工作的影响,认为目前企业审计工作存在的主要问题是现有审计技术不能实现适时取证。在此基础上,文中阐述了并行审计的具体方法及在审计取证的不同情况下的应用。     

GAME THEORETIC MODELS OF MIXED OLIGOPOLY

Abstract. In this paper we review various models that have been proposed for the study of mixed oligopoly, that is markets in which private and public firm compete on equal basis using only market instruments.     

论会计国家化与会计国际化

会计国际化是经济全球化和金融市场国际化的必然要求,会计国际化实质上是各国的利益相互协调。本文首先定位会计国家化,然后就如何协调会计国际化与国家化的辨证关系展开论述,最后就我国会计的国际化问题进行了分析。     

Does support from government help firms survive? Evidence on financial and political assistance in China, 1998–2007

ABSTRACT

Using the National Bureau of Statistics data set over the period 1998–2007, this article examines the dual roles of financial assistance and strong political links on firm survival in China by applying a semi-parametric duration model. We find that generally either financial assistance or strong political links had a positive effect on the likelihood of firm survival. Furthermore, if firms received both types of support from government, their survival rate was around two times as high compared to only receiving a single support. The likelihood of survival depended on the amount of assistance a firm received. We also find firm ownership impacts on its survival pattern. Lastly, China joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) coincided with (cet. par.) higher firm failure, especially with regard to state-owned firms; however, this period also saw the authorities targeting political and financial help on the ‘better’ firms (especially SOEs) with characteristics likely to increase their chance of survival.