Abraham Fried , Paquita Davis-Friday , Harry Z. Davis
{"title":"The impact of duration on management's discount rate choice","authors":"Abraham Fried , Paquita Davis-Friday , Harry Z. Davis","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous research finds that firms increase their assumed discount rates to minimize their reported pension benefit obligation. This paper demonstrates that firms whose pension plans have short durations lower their discount rates (rather than increase them), since a lower discount rate decreases their pension expense. These results are especially relevant in the present climate of low interest rates and more firms freezing their defined benefit pension plans, thereby shortening the duration of their obligations. Given its importance in shaping management motivation we believe that firms should be required to disclose the duration of their future obligations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 217-221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86359921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Disconnected to Integrated tax and financial systems A post-IFRS evaluation of evolution of Tax and Financial Reporting relationships based on the French case","authors":"Odile Barbe, Laurent Didelot, Arvind Ashta","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The globalization of financial markets has required the use of common reporting standards, notably the IFRS. These are impacting the accounting systems of many countries. However, accounting systems are also often used for national tax reporting. This creates a divergence in the reporting needs which existing accounting systems are unable to meet and some amount of duplication is therefore required for tax reporting and financial reporting. Previous studies have talked about linkages between accounting and taxation and have found aspects of their systems identical, disconnected, accounting dominated or tax dominated, and that this mix changes over time, with a definite evolutionary model. This conceptual paper, grounded in French empirics, examines whether since the new IFRS, the existing theoretical evolutionary model is adequate, and finds that it is not. It then proposes an alternative integrated accounting system to satisfy simultaneously the financial and tax reporting requirements. The integrated accounting system should result in economies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 242-256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137060080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan I. Blankley, Keejae P. Hong, David Kerr, Casper E. Wiggins
{"title":"A note on the effect of PCAOB inspections on the audit quality of triennial CPA firms","authors":"Alan I. Blankley, Keejae P. Hong, David Kerr, Casper E. Wiggins","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This note reports the results of a study conducted regarding PCAOB inspections of triennial CPA firms. The purpose was to see if there was any evidence that inspections contributed to improved audit quality. It was found that small firms did not correct staffing deficiencies, which were related to previous audit deficiencies determined by the PCAOB. However, deficient firms did increase their audit fees significantly more following their first inspections than non-deficient firms. This result is consistent with applying greater audit effort after the inspection.</p><p>Interestingly, this response does not persist through second inspections.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 212-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76925524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal approach and timeline for IFRS adoption in Vietnam: Perceptions from accounting professionals","authors":"Duc Hong Thi Phan , Bruno Mascitelli","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is attracting significant scholarly attention especially in markets where decision making on its adoption is approaching. Vietnam is one such market. This paper presents research based perceptions from Vietnamese accounting practitioners and academics with regard to the optimal approach and timeline for IFRS adoption in Vietnam. Extensive research during 2012 was conducted in Vietnam involving over 3000 questionnaires sent to Vietnamese auditors, accountants and accounting academics in relation to perceptions of IFRS and its suitability for Vietnam. A total of 728 useable responses were obtained resulting in a 24% effective response rate. A consolidated cohort from these responses indicated that IFRS adoption should be voluntary and not mandatory. Moreover the results also suggest that a moderated and slow adoption be utilized. A 5 year period of transition and preparation to IFRS implementation to better engage and migrate to the new system rather than a strict implementation deadline emerged as an indicated approach. This research and its findings will provide evidence based outcomes for Vietnam which will better prepare policy makers, accounting practitioners and educators to more effectively implement IFRS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 222-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126704616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Auditor litigation: Evidence that revenue restatements are determinative","authors":"Sebahattin Demirkan , Ross D. Fuerman","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study extends the Palmrose and Scholz (2004) general litigation and general restatements study by focusing on <em>auditor</em> litigation and <em>revenue</em> restatements. We investigate all potential accounting issues, individually, instead of by their group method, with regard to auditor litigation. The impact of the individual accounting issues implicated in restatements is of concern to auditors and audit standard setters in gauging auditor litigation risk and audit risk. It also is important for financial analysis and securities valuation because investors' losses are greater, and recovery of losses on a percentage basis is lower, when the auditor is a defendant, and especially when the auditor has a more severe, negative litigation experience (Commolli et al., 2012). We examine financial reporting lawsuits filed from 2001 to 2008 and find that revenue restatements—far more than any other kind of restatements—are associated with auditors being named defendants and also auditors experiencing a more severe, negative outcome in the litigation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 164-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137060078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A place for the IFRS for SMEs in the United States?","authors":"Paul Pacter","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 239-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81157066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"","authors":"Larry M. Parker","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 257-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74366949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Does accounting regulation matter?’: An experience of international financial reporting standards implementation in an emerging country","authors":"Mohammad Nurunnabi","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study investigates the balance between accounting regulation and political influences in the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in an emerging country. Forty-three interviews were conducted, from 2010 to 2013. Additionally, enforcement documents from 1998 to 2013 in relation to IFRS were evaluated. The study reveals that lack of accounting regulatory framework and political influences are hindering the effective implementation of IFRS. Most importantly, regarding the balance between accounting regulation and political influences, a high level of political influences is adding more apprehension to the implementation of IFRS. The study contributes to the policymaking agenda of the IFRS implementation literature. The findings are relevant to other emerging economies. In particular, local and international policy makers should rethink the path of the global implementation of IFRS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 230-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82244815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen R. Moehrle , Natalia Mintchik , Mary Beth Mohrman , Jennifer A. Reynolds-Moehrle , Mark Vargus
{"title":"Developments in accounting regulation: A synthesis and annotated bibliography of evidence and commentary in the 2011 academic literature","authors":"Stephen R. Moehrle , Natalia Mintchik , Mary Beth Mohrman , Jennifer A. Reynolds-Moehrle , Mark Vargus","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, we synthesize in annotated bibliography form, recent regulation-related findings and commentaries in the academic literature. This annotated bibliography is one in a series of bibliographies that summarizes regulation-related academic research. We reviewed academic outlets such as <em>The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, The Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory</em>, and <em>Research in Accounting Regulation</em>. We annotate results of regulation-related research studies and key points from regulation-related commentaries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 175-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85519971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Litigation risk, financial reporting and auditing: A survey of the literature","authors":"Ahsan Habib , Haiyan Jiang , Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan , Ainul Islam","doi":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper surveys the literature on the determinants and consequences of securities class action lawsuits against firms and auditors from a financial reporting quality perspective. The survey is motivated by the important role that law plays in protecting stakeholders' interests against managerial misdeed. Litigation is, thus, an important topic and numerous studies investigate the determinants and consequences of firm and auditor lawsuits. The underlying premise of these studies is built on the notion that large financial and reputational penalties associated with successful securities class actions can discipline management and deter them from future wrongdoing. The survey documents that poor quality financial reporting as evidenced in earnings restatements has been the primary antecedent for class action lawsuits against the firm and auditors. Lawsuits against auditors affect audit fees, audit planning decisions and client portfolio adjustment decisions. Although significant progress has been made in terms of further understanding the causes and consequences of litigation against auditors, major challenges remain in the area of proper measurement of litigation risk.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101074,"journal":{"name":"Research in Accounting Regulation","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 145-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racreg.2014.09.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87325771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}