This paper proposes a framework for audited financial reporting that is intended to address major perceived limitations in current quality reporting principles. The paper thus addresses the potential decoupling problem between financial statement audits and what is being audited identified by Power (1997). Using an extended risk model, the framework not only identifies principles of quality fin...

in this article, i try to find out what are the effects of financial variablessuch as ratio of private sector deposits to gdp and ratio of bank credit toprivate sector to gdp and value of stocks trade in tehran stockexchange to total current value of stocks and private sector liquidity togdp on total investment.we use two models to test our hypothesis the first is a model for iranand the second...

This study presents the first targeted examination of changes in financial reporting surrounding the appointment of both new CEOs and Principal Financial Officers (PFOs). We identify companies that appoint new CEOs and PFOs in the period 1995 to 2002 and find that the change in discretionary accruals is negative and significant in the year of hire (from t-1 to t) for firms appointing a new CEO ...

* Group Treasurer, Colonial Limited. 1 The Tripartite Group of Banking, Securities and Insurance Regulators defined a financial conglomerate as “any group of companies under common control whose exclusive or predominant activities consist of providing significant services in at least two different financial sectors (banking, securities, insurance)” (see Tripartite Group of Banking, Securities a...

Using ratings of corporate governance developed by RiskMetrics Group (RMG), formerly Institutional Shareholder Services, we investigate whether relatively poor governance is associated with financial restatement, and whether restatement results in improved governance. We identify 150 firms that restated their 2003 financial statements to correct material error, and we use Compustat to generate ...

The evolution of reporting about employees in the 20th century culminated in the mandatory disclosures of the Companies Act (1985). This paper reports upon a study of the employee reporting practices of FTSE 100 companies that was carried out by examining the year 2000 annual report and accounts. The analysis whilst noting a wide range of practice among these companies, finds that their annual ...

The interaction between credit frictions, financial innovation, and a switch from optimistic to pessimistic beliefs is thought to have played a central role in the 2008 financial crisis. This paper uses a quantitative general equilibrium framework in which this interaction drives the financial amplification mechanism to study macro-prudential policy. Financial innovation enhances the ability of...

We investigate the effects of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in an order-driven artificial financial market. FTTs are meant to limit short-term speculative behavior by reducing the amount of excess liquidity in the system. To quantify these effects, adjustments in trading strategies and their effects on liquidity need to be taken into account. We model an agentbased continuous double-auction...