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A study of mediating and moderating effects on the relationship between audit quality and integrated reporting quality among Jordanian firms 约旦公司审计质量与综合报告质量之间的中介和调节作用研究
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1108/ara-12-2023-0336
Malik Abu Afifa, Isam Saleh, Rahaf Abu Al-Nadi
{"title":"A study of mediating and moderating effects on the relationship between audit quality and integrated reporting quality among Jordanian firms","authors":"Malik Abu Afifa, Isam Saleh, Rahaf Abu Al-Nadi","doi":"10.1108/ara-12-2023-0336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-12-2023-0336","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this research is to investigate the link between external audit quality and integrated reporting (IR) quality in the Jordanian market, a developing market. Furthermore, the research model considers the mediating effect of earnings management practices and the moderating effect of board gender diversity. As a result, it intends to provide further empirical evidence in this area.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This research investigates its model using data from Jordanian services companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during the period 2013–2022. With 430 company-year observations, the current research’s sample includes all companies in the research population for which complete data were available during the period under investigation. Data relevant to the research setting were obtained from annual disclosures and the ASE's database.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings of this research show that audit firm size and audit firm specialty have a positive influence on IR quality, but audit firm tenure does not. External audit quality (as proxied by the size, specialty and turnover of the audit firm) had a negative impact on earnings management practices, while earnings management practices had a negative impact on IR quality. Additionally, the findings reveal that earnings management practices completely mediate the relationship between two external audit quality proxies (audit firm size and audit firm specialty) and IR quality. Furthermore, in terms of the moderating impact of board gender diversity, it is obvious that board gender diversity favorably moderates the relationships between all external audit quality proxies and IR quality.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Using agency theory and stakeholder theory, this investigation fills a gap in previous literature by adding scientific explanations and empirical evidence from the Jordanian market, a developing market, in the context of the impact of audit quality on IR quality, mediated by earnings management and moderated by board gender diversity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180274","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}
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Financial structure and innovation: firm-level evidence from Africa 金融结构与创新:非洲公司层面的证据
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1108/ara-11-2022-0276
Misraku Molla Ayalew, Joseph H. Zhang
{"title":"Financial structure and innovation: firm-level evidence from Africa","authors":"Misraku Molla Ayalew, Joseph H. Zhang","doi":"10.1108/ara-11-2022-0276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-11-2022-0276","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the financial structure on innovation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We utilize the matched firm-level data from two sources: the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the Innovation Follow-Up Survey. A total of 3,664 firms from 11 African countries are included.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The authors find a financially constrained and low technology-intensive firm that uses internal finance more than its peers is less likely to innovate. Our results also show that a firm that uses new equity and debt finance more than its peers is more likely to innovate. The results particularly suggest the significant effect of bank and trade credit finance on firms’ innovation. The extent and, in some cases, the direction of the effect of dependence on internal finance, new equity finance and debt finance on innovation vary due to the heterogeneity in firm size, age and ownership status. Corporate innovation is also associated with firm size, R&amp;D, cooperation, staff training, public support, exportation and group membership.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The management of companies, particularly financially constrained firms, should reduce their dependence on internal finance, which negatively affects their innovation. As a remedy, they could improve their reliance on new equity finance and debt finance, especially bank finance and trade credit finance, which positively affect their innovativeness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Social implications</h3>\u0000<p>A pending policy task for African business leaders is to design and evaluate reforms that help create strong financial sectors willing to provide capital to a broad range of firms, particularly small and young firms.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study adds new evidence to the recent surge of debate on the trade-off between going public, using debt or heavily using internal sources to finance innovative projects, and which of these is more important in promoting firm-level innovation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180278","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}
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Does carbon performance payoff? An empirical evidence from Asia-Pacific region 碳绩效是否有回报?亚太地区的经验证据
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1108/ara-08-2023-0204
Mohan Lal Jangid, Anil Kumar Sharma
{"title":"Does carbon performance payoff? An empirical evidence from Asia-Pacific region","authors":"Mohan Lal Jangid, Anil Kumar Sharma","doi":"10.1108/ara-08-2023-0204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-08-2023-0204","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study primarily examines the link between carbon and financial performance in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, the study also explores how the economic impact of carbon performance varies in carbon-intensive and non-carbon-intensive industries.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study takes a sample of 1,539 non-financial firms from 13 Asia-Pacific countries from 2014 to 2021. It employs a firm-fixed effect panel regression model to examine the objective.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings indicate that carbon performance improvement enhances accounting-based and market-based financial performance. The positive impact of carbon abatement stems from increased operational efficiency, energy efficiency and lower production costs. Further, the stock market participants also reward the firm for carbon efficiency. However, the carbon intensity of industrial sectors presents a conflicting picture for this association.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study adds insights to the literature by providing a contemporary reflection on the nexus between carbon emissions and economic outcomes in the understudied Asia-Pacific region. It also unveils the nuanced difference in the carbon-financial performance relationship attributed to industries' carbon sensitivity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180276","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}
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Debt maturity, governance and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market 债务期限、治理和投资效率:新兴市场的新证据
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1108/ara-02-2024-0053
Akash Singh Yadav, Inder Sekhar Yadav
{"title":"Debt maturity, governance and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market","authors":"Akash Singh Yadav, Inder Sekhar Yadav","doi":"10.1108/ara-02-2024-0053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-02-2024-0053","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study investigates the combined influence of corporate governance (CG) and debt maturity (DM) on the investment inefficiency among non-financial 506 NSE-listed firms in India between 2009 and 2022. Additionally, this study also investigates the moderating effect of short-term debt (STD) maturity concerning the relationship between CG and investment inefficiency.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Utilizing the residuals extracted from the Biddle <em>et al</em>. (2009) investment model, three different forms of investment inefficiency (investment inefficiency, overinvestment and underinvestment) were measured. To measure the internal governance of firms, a new corporate governance index (CGI) was developed using 65 new governance stipulations, whereas STD was measured as short-term debt divided by total debt. Interaction effects between CG and DM were also estimated. Employing CGI and STD along with firm-specific control variables, many pooled regression models were estimated. Endogeneity issues were addressed through two-stage least squares. Robustness checks were also conducted using the two-step system GMM, alternative measures of dependent and independent variables.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings demonstrate that higher CG and shortened DM increase investment efficiency. This evidence implies that firm-level governance and short-term debt reduce information asymmetry and increase management oversight. Additionally, the evidence suggested that shortened DM and CG complement one another to increase investment efficiency, suggesting companies that utilize STD to a greater (lesser) extent demonstrate a greater (lesser) impact of CG in reducing investment inefficiency.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>This work first advocates the establishment and implementation of robust corporate governance mechanisms to control agency conflicts, moral hazard, adverse selection and limit opportunistic behavior of managers for improving investment efficiency. Second, since interaction effects suggest a complementarity between CG and DM, it is advocated that STDs can be used to achieve optimal investment choices to control moral hazards and adverse selection and discourage suboptimal investment levels.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This work provides new evidence concerning the effects of CG and DM on various forms of corporate investment efficiency (investment inefficiency, overinvestment and underinvestment, using alternate measures) in an emerging economy like India having a unique institutional framework and macroeconomic environment using a newly developed firm-specific CG index for a large sample of companies using recent data.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180275","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}
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Corporate governance and corporate sustainability performance: the mediating role of CSR expenditure 公司治理与公司可持续性绩效:企业社会责任支出的中介作用
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1108/ara-12-2023-0350
Md Mamunur Rashid, Md Rabiul Kabir
{"title":"Corporate governance and corporate sustainability performance: the mediating role of CSR expenditure","authors":"Md Mamunur Rashid, Md Rabiul Kabir","doi":"10.1108/ara-12-2023-0350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-12-2023-0350","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study investigates the effect of corporate governance (CG) characteristics on corporate sustainability performance (CSP) and whether the magnitude of CSR expenditure mediates such a relationship in the context of an emerging and developing economy-Bangladesh.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study collects data from the annual reports of 30 private commercial banks listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange for the period starting from 2013 to 2022, giving 300 firm-year observations. To test the hypotheses formulated, this study uses Baron and Kenny’s (1986) four-step model. Data have been analyzed using AMOS 23 to examine the direct and indirect effect of CG on sustainability performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>This study finds that several CG variables (board size, board independence, sustainable finance committee) significantly affect several facets of sustainability performance (environmental, social, and financial performance). However, the mediating role of the magnitude of CSR expenditure in the relationship between CG mechanisms and sustainability performance is found to be limited.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The list of CG and ownership structure variables studied is not exhaustive, and the presence of a wide variation in the measurement of sustainability performance makes its measurement subjective to some extent.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study uses the magnitude of CSR expenditure as a mediator in the relationship between CG and sustainability performance, which is rarely addressed by the extant literature in this field.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060438","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}
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Drought risk and audit pricing: a mixed-methods study 干旱风险与审计定价:一项混合方法研究
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI: 10.1108/ara-10-2023-0294
Amin Sarlak, Mehdi Khodakarami, Reza Hesarzadeh, Jamal A. Nazari, Fatemeh Taghimolla
{"title":"Drought risk and audit pricing: a mixed-methods study","authors":"Amin Sarlak, Mehdi Khodakarami, Reza Hesarzadeh, Jamal A. Nazari, Fatemeh Taghimolla","doi":"10.1108/ara-10-2023-0294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-10-2023-0294","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Climate change has led to a rise in the frequency, intensity and scope of droughts, posing significant implications for businesses. This study examines the impact of local community drought levels on audit pricing. Additionally, it explores the moderating effects of high-tech industries, auditor busyness and the level of local community concern regarding the drought crisis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study employs a mixed-methods approach to rigorously test the research hypotheses. The quantitative phase of the study utilizes a sample of 1,278 firm-year observations from Iran’s capital market. For the analysis of the quantitative data, ordinary least squares regression with clustered robust standard errors is used. Additionally, this research supplements its quantitative findings with qualitative evidence obtained through semi-structured interviews with 19 Iranian audit partners.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results suggest that firms operating in provinces facing severe droughts experience notably higher audit fees. Furthermore, the positive relationship between drought and audit fees is weakened when auditors are busy, local community concern regarding the drought crisis is high or the firm operates within high-tech industries. These findings are supported by a range of robustness checks and qualitative evidence gathered from the field.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This research contributes to the growing literature on climate change by examining the influence of local community drought levels on audit pricing within an Iranian context. Additionally, our study sheds light on how high-tech industries, auditor workload and the level of local community concern regarding the drought crisis moderate the relationship between drought and audit fees. Importantly, our study pioneers in providing mixed-methods evidence of the association between drought severity and audit fees.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"103 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140927725","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}
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A longitudinal examination of anti-corruption disclosure in the banking sector of a least-developed economy: does board composition make a difference? 对最不发达经济体银行业反腐败信息披露的纵向研究:董事会的组成是否会产生影响?
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI: 10.1108/ara-12-2023-0351
Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder
{"title":"A longitudinal examination of anti-corruption disclosure in the banking sector of a least-developed economy: does board composition make a difference?","authors":"Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder","doi":"10.1108/ara-12-2023-0351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-12-2023-0351","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study focuses on anti-corruption disclosure (ACD) as a critical indicator of a bank’s commitment to combat corruption. It seeks to measure the level of ACD in banking companies. Emphasizing the pivotal role of board directors in ensuring corporate accountability and transparency, the study further explores the connection between board composition and ACD.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study adopts automated content analysis (using keyword search) to measure the level of ACD in the annual reports of listed banks in Bangladesh. Drawing upon agency theory and resource-dependence theory, the study proposes that the collective monitoring and resources facilitated by a well-structured board (size, gender diversity and independence) significantly influence a bank’s commitment to combat corruption. The paper employs linear regression to examine the hypotheses. The reliability of the findings is further validated through the application of the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Quantile Regression.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results indicate a steady rise in ACD over the sample period (2014–2022). The analysis establishes that larger board sizes and a greater presence of female directors are positively associated with ACD. Notably, the study identifies a critical mass of at least three female directors for a significant positive relationship between gender diversity on the board and ACD. However, no significant relationship is observed between board independence and ACD.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The study sheds light on the current state of ACD within the banking companies of a least-developed country. The findings carry significant implications for regulators to gauge banks' dedication to anti-corruption efforts and make informed decisions on issuing guidance for enhanced ACD. These findings can also assist regulators in assessing the implications of board composition and formulating guidelines within the corporate governance code.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study contributes to the literature on ACD in the context of a least-developed economy. Notably, the study fills a research gap by exploring ACD in the banking industry. A key aspect of this study is its exploration of the determinants of ACD, explicitly emphasizing how board composition is likely to influence ACD.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140927644","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}
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Do corporate site visits by analysts and institutional investors increase labor investment efficiency? 分析师和机构投资者对企业的实地考察是否会提高劳动力投资效率?
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1108/ara-09-2023-0241
Wenfei Li, Zhenyang Tang, Chufen Chen
{"title":"Do corporate site visits by analysts and institutional investors increase labor investment efficiency?","authors":"Wenfei Li, Zhenyang Tang, Chufen Chen","doi":"10.1108/ara-09-2023-0241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-09-2023-0241","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Corporate site visits increase labor investment efficiency.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Our empirical model for the baseline analysis follows those of Jung <em>et al.</em> (2014) and Ghaly <em>et al</em>. (2020).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>We show that corporate site visits are associated with significantly higher labor investment efficiency; more specifically, site visits reduce both over-hiring and under-hiring of employees. The effect of site visits on labor investment efficiency is more pronounced for firms with higher labor adjustment costs, greater financial constraints, weaker corporate governance and lower financial reporting quality. We also find that site visits mitigate labor cost stickiness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>First, while the literature has suggested how the presence of institutional investors and analysts may affect labor investment decisions, we focus on institutional investors and analysts’ activities and interactions with firm executives. We provide direct evidence that institutional investors and analysts may use corporate site visits to improve labor investment efficiency. Second, our study adds to a line of recent studies on how corporate site visits reduce information asymmetry and agency conflicts. We show that corporate site visits allow institutional investors and analysts to influence labor investment efficiency. We also provide new evidence that corporate site visits reduce labor cost stickiness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140630158","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}
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Nexus between profitability, firm size and leverage and tax avoidance: evidence from an emerging economy 盈利能力、公司规模和杠杆作用与避税之间的关联:来自新兴经济体的证据
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1108/ara-08-2023-0238
Md Shamim Hossain, Md.Sobhan Ali, Md Zahidul Islam, Chui Ching Ling, Chorng Yuan Fung
{"title":"Nexus between profitability, firm size and leverage and tax avoidance: evidence from an emerging economy","authors":"Md Shamim Hossain, Md.Sobhan Ali, Md Zahidul Islam, Chui Ching Ling, Chorng Yuan Fung","doi":"10.1108/ara-08-2023-0238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-08-2023-0238","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study examines the impact of profitability, firm size and leverage on corporate tax avoidance in Bangladesh, an emerging South Asian economy.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>A balanced panel data of 62 firms from Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2020 were used to run the regression. This study employed the fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) to examine the hypotheses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings show that large firms positively impact corporate tax avoidance. Similarly, profitability and leverage are positively associated with tax avoidance, and the results are significant. Furthermore, the study conducts robustness tests that confirm the findings.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The use of cash effective tax rate (ETR) to investigate firms’ tax avoidance practices poses some limitations, and the results should be interpreted cautiously.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The current study may help policymakers better enhance tax collection from business firms. The findings could serve as a valuable input for effectively monitoring tax collection from large profit-earning firms.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first historical attempt in Bangladesh to use panel data to examine the relationship between the firm’s level characteristics and corporate tax avoidance. Panel data often provides greater flexibility with large data, simplifying calculation and statistical analysis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":8562,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Accounting","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139767117","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}
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Blockchain technology roles to overcome accounting, accountability and assurance barriers in supply chain finance 区块链技术在克服供应链金融中的会计、问责和保证障碍方面的作用
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Asian Review of Accounting Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI: 10.1108/ara-03-2023-0090
Arief Rijanto
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