Direct and mediated associations among earnings quality, book-tax differences and the audit quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakia Riguen Koubaa ◽  
Anis Jarboui
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Academic Researchers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect links between book-tax differences (BTDs) and audit quality using accounting conservatism (proxy of earnings quality). Hence, this paper seeks to extend prior audit quality research. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of Tunisian listed firms on the Tunis Stock Exchange and operating in the industrial and commercial sectors during 2005-2012. This investigation is motivated by structural equations system models that specify both a direct link and an indirect link that is mediated by information reflected in BTDs. Findings The results show that for the Tunisians companies, firms with large BTDs are associated with higher audit quality implies that such BTDs represent an observable proxy for earnings quality that affects auditor decisions. The authors find statistically an indirect link between abnormal BTDs and audit quality that is mediated by earnings quality. The current study also provides evidence that information reflected in BTDs can improve audit quality. Practical implications The findings may be of interest to the academic researchers, practitioners and regulators who are interested in discovering the informational value of BTDs in the audit process. Originality/value This paper extends the existing literature by examining the mediation effect of information reflected in BTDs on relationship between BTDs and audit quality.

The effect of auditor narcissism on audit market competition

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hojat Mohammadi ◽  
Mahdi Salehi ◽  
Meysam Arabzadeh ◽  
Hassan Ghodrati
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Competitive Pressure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Audit Market

Purpose This paper aims to assess auditor narcissism’s effect on audit market competition (auditor concentration, clients’ concentration and competitive pressure). Design/methodology/approach This paper’s method is descriptive-correlational based on published information from listed firms on the Tehran Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2018 using a sample of 188 firms (1,310 observations). The method used for hypothesis testing is linear regression using panel data. Findings The results show a negative and significant relationship between auditor narcissism and audit market competition and its indices, including auditor concentration, clients’ concentration and competitive pressure. Moreover, a positive and significant relationship was observed between audit quality and audit market competition and its indices, including auditor concentration, client concentration and competitive pressure. Originality/value To analyzes competition indices in the audit market (auditor concentration, clients’ concentration and competitive pressure). The variable is assessed once more using the exploratory factor analysis of the so-called three variables single variable, named audit market competition. So the central question of the study is investigated within a broader sense. Moreover, as the present study is carried out in the emergent financial markets with extremely competitive audit markets to figure out the effect of auditors’ intrinsic characteristics on such markets’ competitiveness, it can provide useful information in this field.

Accounting conservatism and money laundering risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-361
Author(s):  
Meysam Bolgorian ◽  
Ali Mayeli
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Risk Measure ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Specific Effects

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between accounting conservatism and money laundering risk. For this goal, the authors construct an index for measuring money laundering risk at the firm level for Iranian listed firms in the Tehran Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors use a sample of 924 firm-year observation of Iranian listed firms for the period of 2012-2017. The authors use three approaches for testing our prediction that more conservative firms are less likely to be involved in money laundering activities. A balanced panel regression model has been used for testing the prediction. Findings The paper results suggest that there is a negative relationship between conditional conservatism and money laundering risk. Furthermore, the authors have shown that the result is robust to controlling for different firm characteristics variables and also industry specific effects. Research limitations/implications Further research in other financial markets is needed to confirm the results generally. Practical implications The evidence in this paper indicates that the degree of accounting conservatism contains important information which can be used by the investors and regulators for managing and controlling the risk of money laundering in the firms. Originality/value By constructing a money laundering risk measure at the firm level for the first time, the authors provide evidence on relationship between conservatism and money laundering risk in Iran.

The effect of internal control on earnings quality in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Salehi ◽  
Mostafa Bahrami
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression

PurposeThe purpose of the present research is to examine the effect of internal control and risk management on earnings quality of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 560 listed firms on TSE, which were selected using systematic sampling. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and panel data regression were used for data analysis during 2009-2014. FindingsThe results showed that earnings management reduces earnings relevance and book value relevance through short-term and long-term discretionary accruals. Originality/valueThe outcomes of the current study are quite interesting to academia and practitioners.

CFO attributes and accounting conservatism: evidence from Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismaanzira Ismail ◽  
Rohami Shafie ◽  
Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Propensity Score ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Chief Financial Officer ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Emerging Country

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether conditional conservatism is affected by chief financial officer (CFO) attributes as this issue is understudied in Malaysia. Given that CFOs have a direct responsibility for financial reporting, therefore, their individual attributes are important in influencing conservatism in financial reporting. Design/methodology/approach This study uses non-financial listed firms in the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia from the years 2016 until 2019. Findings The results show that CFOs’ attributes, namely, gender, age, education level and ethnicity, affect earnings conservatism. To test for robustness, the authors use difference-in-difference, propensity score-matching and unconditional conservatism, namely, market-to-book ratio and the authors find the results hold with an exception for age and education level. Further, the effect of these attributes is more profound in non-Big4 audited firms, suggesting that CFO attributes act as a substitute mechanism for lower audit quality. Originality/value This study complements existing studies by documenting the first evidence on the significant effects of CFOs’ attributes in influencing accounting conservatism in an emerging country, namely, Malaysia. This is the first paper, to the humble knowledge, that examines CFOs’ attributes on accounting conservatism in Malaysia.

The effects of audit quality on the costs of capital of firms in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Coffie ◽  
Ibrahim Bedi ◽  
Mohammed Amidu
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
The Cost

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the effects of audit quality on the cost of capital in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachNon-financial firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) as well as non-listed firms from the database of Ghana Club 100 were included in the sample. Series are yearly, covering a sample of 40 firms during the six-year period, 2008-2013. The study employed the positivist research paradigm to establish the relationship between audit quality and the cost of capital.FindingsThere is evidence to suggest that the cost of debt and the overall cost of capital of firms in Ghana can be explained by the quality of the external auditors. The results also show that the large size of the board is associated with low cost of debt.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that the choice of quality measure is based on firm size only and other measurements of audit quality could not be measured. Future research may examine how other approaches to measuring audit quality affect cost of capital.Practical implicationsThe results significant for those charged with assurance and regulation, as well as lenders and managers of companies.Originality/valueThe authors investigate how external auditing quality affects the cost of capital of firms operating in Ghana.

scholarly journals Dividend policy and earnings quality in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-312
Author(s):  
Trang Thi Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Phuong Kim Bui
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Dummy Variable ◽  
Two Measures

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between dividend policy and earnings quality of Vietnamese listed firms. Design/methodology/approach The sample includes firms listed on Vietnam stock exchange during the period between 2010 and 2016. Two measures of earnings quality are the annual firm-specific absolute value of residuals from Dechow and Dichev’s (2002) model and from Dechow and Dichev (2002) as modified by McNichols’s (2002) model. The firms’ dividend policy is captured by dividend paying status. This is a dummy variable that takes the value of 1 if the firm pays dividends and 0 otherwise. In addition, dividend yield and dividend payout ratio, which are continuous variables, are also used in this paper as alternative proxies for dividend policy. Findings Using panel data analysis, this paper documents that dividend payers have higher earnings quality than dividend non-payers. Dividends are an indicator of earnings quality. These findings are consistent with prior studies. After controlling for variables that may be related to earnings quality as well as for the year and industry fixed effects, this relation remains unchanged. In addition, this result is also robust after controlling for firm fixed effects. Originality/value This paper offers the empirical evidence on the relation between dividend policy and earnings quality in Vietnam, which is a frontier market.

The relationship between political connections, auditor characteristics and auditor narcissism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Khaksar ◽  
Mahdi Salehi ◽  
Mahmoud Lari DashtBayaz
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
Industry Specialization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Auditor Characteristics

Purpose This study aims to assess the relationship between political connections, auditor characteristics (audit quality and industry specialization) and auditors’ intrinsic characteristics (narcissism) in listed firms on the Tehran Stock Exchange. In other words, this paper attempts to answer the question “whether political connections, audit quality and industry specialization contribute to the growth of narcissism and overconfidence of auditors of listed firms on the Tehran Stock Exchange or not.” Design/methodology/approach A multivariate regression model is used for hypothesis testing. The study’s hypotheses were also examined using a sample of 768-year firm listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during 2013–2018 and by using the multiple regression pattern. Findings The obtained results indicate a negative and significant association between political relations, narcissism and overconfidence. The auditor’s overconfidence will go down by increasing political relations. Moreover, the results show a positive and significant relationship between audit quality, industry specialization and narcissism. On the other hand, to the best of authors’ knowledge, this study measured, for the first time, the severity of political connections by using the exploratory factor analysis of eight variables (long-term liabilities, firm size, financial leverage, export, human resources, major governmental shareholders, board members affiliated to the government and institutional ownership). Originality/value The authors figured out that few studies carried out, so far, in the emergent markets on political connections and their impacts on narcissism and overconfidence of auditors, so this paper aims to assess the effect of such a phenomenon in the emergent markets and contributes to the development of knowledge and science in this field.

How Moroccan institutional investors view dividend policy

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1332-1347 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kent Baker ◽  
Imad Jabbouri
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
High Response Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Dividend Policies ◽  
Dividend Payments

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how Moroccan institutional investors view dividend policy. It discusses the importance these investors attach to the dividend policy of their investee firms, how much influence they exercise in shaping investee firms’ dividend policies, their reactions to changes in dividends, and their views on various explanations for paying dividends. Design/methodology/approach A mail survey provides a respondent and firm profile and responses to 28 questions involving various explanations for paying dividends and 30 questions on different dividend issues. Findings Institutional investors attach substantial importance to dividend policy and prefer high dividend payments. Although liquidity needs are a major driver, taxes play little role in shaping dividend preferences. Respondents agree with multiple explanations for paying dividends giving the strongest support to catering, bird-in-the-hand, life cycle, signaling, and agency theories. Research limitations/implications Despite a high response rate, the number of respondents limits partitioning the sample and testing for significant differences between different groups. Practical implications The lack of communication between Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) listed firms and institutional investors may depress stock prices and increase volatility. The results suggest agency problems and a weak governance environment at the CSE. Originality/value This study documents the importance that institutional investors place on dividend policy, their reactions to changes in their investees’ dividend policy, and the methods used to influence these firms. It extends previous research by reporting the level of support Moroccan institutional investors give to various explanations for paying dividends.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Likuiditas, Dan Konservatisme Akuntansi Terhadap Kualitas Laba

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 3793-3807
Author(s):  
Rahmadini Safitri ◽  
Mayar Afriyenti
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Current Ratio ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Research Type

The study aims to test empirically the effect of firm size, liquidity, and accounting conservatism of earnings quality. This study uses a quantitative approach with a causal associative research type. The population used in this study are manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015-2019. By using the purposive sampling method, 155 samples were selected. Earnings quality is measured by regressing the CAR value (Narita, 2020). Company size is measured by LogSize. Liquidity is measured using the current ratio. And accounting conservatism is measured using the Givoly and Hayn (2000) model. The results indicate that firm size has no significant effect on earnings quality, in contrast to liquidity and accounting conservatism has a significant positive effect on earnings quality. For further research, it is hoped that it can expand the object and the year of research because this study only examines manufacturing companies for the 2015-2019 observation year. For other research, it is expected to add independent variables so that the results are better.

Ten years of Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies: a review and bibliometric analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khakan Najaf ◽  
Osama Atayah ◽  
Susela Devi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Accounting Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa

PurposeThe Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (JAEE), established in 2011, aims to publish research on contemporary accounting issues in emerging economies. This study used the bibliometric and scientometric approaches to provide deeper insights into the journal performance, prominent topics, author's contributions and citation structure. Content analysis was conducted to provide insights on the major themes addressed in JAEE.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyses data from the Scopus database, Google Scholar and Journal website. The total number of documents analysed are 190. This study employs VOSviewer and RStudio to conduct the analysis which is categorised into four major parts: General performance indicators, citation structure, network analysis and content analysis.FindingsSince JAEE commenced publication in 2011 and indexed in the Scopus in 2018, it achieved a 14.47% annual growth rate in document publication. It is encouraging to note that 88.4% of published documents were cited. In terms of total publication, the top contributing country is Malaysia; the USA is the primary contributor in citations. Five key themes emerged from the content analysis namely, international standards and earnings quality; audit quality and IFRS practices in emerging economies; corporate governance; financial reporting and earnings management; corruption and accounting disclosure; and ownership structure and firm performance.Originality/valueThis study offers a comprehensive assessment to the journal stakeholders about the past and current journal performance besides future trends and perspectives. Additionally, JAEE readers can gain insight into the nature of academic contributions in JAEE from 299 authors of 273 affiliated institutions in 67 countries.

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