• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.193-212
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• 2021

Purpose - This study investigates the effect of auditor change on client firm's accounting (financial statement) comparability. Design/methodology/approach - The comparability of accounting information is measured by the difference in accruals between the two firms. Additionally, the study uses earnings-stock return relationship as another proxy of accounting comparability. In particular, the paper examines whether there is a systematic difference between initial audit years and the other years with respect to the client firm's accounting comparability. Moreover, current study tests how changes in auditor size or industry expertise before and after the switch of auditors affect the accounting comparability. Findings - The results show that the level of accounting comparability is lower in the year of auditor change than in the other years. Furthermore, this lower level of comparability is derived by the observations that switch their auditors from non-Big4 to non-Big4 or from non-specialist to non-specialist. These results are consistent when accounting comparability is measured by different proxies. Research implications or Originality - The findings of this study provide important policy implications for the regulations related with auditor selection.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2021

This paper aims to analyze whether company characteristics are potential determinants of human resource accounting (HRA) disclosure practices by Vietnamese listed companies. It examines the human resource disclosure level of 204 companies by content analysis of these companies' annual reports. The study has relied on a multiple linear regression to test the association between a number of corporate attributes and the extent of human resource disclosure in companies' annual reports. The extent of human resource disclosure was measured using unweighted human resource disclosure index. The explanatory variables considered in this study were firm size, firm age, profitability, leverage, industry profile, and auditor type. The results revealed that the most influential variable for explaining firms' variation in human resource disclosure is firm size followed by firm age and profitability. Thus, it can be concluded that firm size, firm age and profitability are major predictors that may affect the variety of HRA disclosure practices on firms listed in the Vietnam Stock Exchange. However, neither industry profile nor auditor type seems to explain differences in human resource disclosure practices between Vietnamese listed firms, indicating that company's industry profile and auditor type are not a matter for the company to disclose HRA information.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2017

Purpose - According to agency theory, managers have incentives to adjust firm revenues to meet earnings expectations or delay bad news disclosure because of performance-based compensation and their reputation in the market. When the bad news accumulates, stock prices fail to reflect all available information. Thus, market prices of stocks are higher than their intrinsic value. After all, bad news crosses the tipping point, it comes out all at once. That results in stock crashes. Auditors can decrease stock crash risk by reducing agency costs through their informational role. Especially, stock price crash risk is expected to be lower for firms adopting high-quality audits. We focus on distribution and service industry to examine the relation between audit quality and stock price crash risk. Industry specialization and auditor size are used as proxies for auditor quality. Research design, data and methodology - Our sample contains distribution and service industry firms listed in KOSPI and KOSDAQ during a period of 2004-2011. We use a logistic regression to test whether auditor quality influences crash risk. Auditor quality was measured by industry specialist auditor and Big4 / non-Big4 dichotomy. Following the approach in prior researches, we use firm-specific weekly returns to measure crash risk. Firms experiencing at least one stock price crash in a specific week during year are classified as the high risk group. Results - The result of analyzing 429 companies in distribution and service industry is summarized as follows: Above all, it is shown that higher audit quality has a significant negative(-) effect on the crash risk. Crash risk is alleviated for firms audited by industry specialist auditors and Big 4 audit firms. Therefore, our results show that hypotheses are supported. Conclusions - This study is very meaningful as the first study which investigated the effects of high audit quality on stock price crash risk. We provide evidence that high-quality auditors reduce stock price crash risk. Our finding implies that the risk of extreme losses can be reduced through screening of high-quality auditors. Therefore investors and regulators may utilize our findings in their investment and rule making decisions.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2022

우리나라에서 2016년 12월 19일 '기관투자자의 수탁자책임에 관한 원칙'이라는 이름으로 한국형 스튜어드십 코드(stewardship code)를 전격 공표하였다. 이후 국민연금공단에서는 2018년 7월부터 스튜어드십 코드를 실행하기 시작했다. 기업들은 스튜어드십 코드를 도입하면 적극적인 주주권 행사를 할 것이라는 사실을 미리 알고 있었기 때문에 2018년 이후의 주주총회에서 언제나 주주권을 행사할 수 있다고 알고 있었다. 이러한 주주권 행사는 주주총회에서 기업의 의결권 주식 5% 이상^*을 소유한 투자자들이 이사선임(director)과 감사선임(auditor)의 선임 및 보수 증액, 정관 변경(article) 등의 의사결정에 가(yes) 부(no)의 투표권 행사하는 것을 말한다. 연구결과에 따르면 피투자기업의 안건에 대해 국민연금이 반대투표를 하기 전과 후의 재량발생액 평균의 차이가 있음을 알 수 있다. 국민연금의 반대투표 안건들을 몇 가지로 분류하여 보면 정관 개정 등에 대한 반대투표, 이사나 감사 선임 안건과 보수 한도 증액 안건에 대한 반대투표 및 재무제표의 승인 안건에 대한 반대투표 등으로 나뉜다. 이 중에서 정관개정, 합병·분할, 재무제표 승인에 관련된 반대투표는 투표 건수가 통계적 유의성을 가질 정도로 많지 않았다. 반면 지배 구조에 관련된 이사 및 감사의 선임 안건에 대한 반대투표는 이익조정의 대리 변수인 재량발생액에 유의한 영향을 미치며 반대투표 이후에는 그 이전에 비해서 경영진에 의한 이익조정(earnings management)을 감소(-)시키는 효과가 있었다. 그러나 이사 및 감사의 보수 증액 안건 등에 대한 반대투표는 오히려 경영진에 의한 이익조정을 증가(+)시키는 결과를 가져왔다. 첫째, 이사 및 감사의 선임 안건에 대해 반대투표를 통해 경영진의 자의적 이익관리를 축소하는 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 이를 통해서 국민연금의 이익과 소액주주들의 이익이 침해될 가능성이 작아질 수 있다. 둘째, 이사 및 감사의 보수 증액 안건 등에 대한 반대투표는 오히려 경영진에 의한 이익조정을 증가시키는 결과를 보면 임원진 등의 보수 증액에 대해 무조건 반대라는 주주권 행사는 경영진의 자의적 이익관리에 도움이 되지 못함을 알 수 있다. 셋째, 정관개정, 합병·분할, 재무제표 승인에 관련된 반대투표는 투표 건수가 통계적 유의성을 가질 정도로 많지 않았다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제2권11호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2013

사용자들은 외부 스토리지를 사용함으로써 언제, 어디서나 자신의 데이터에 접근할 수 있다. 하지만 자신의 데이터가 어떻게 관리되고 있는지는 알 수 없다. 심지어 자신의 데이터에 손상이 발생하여도 인지할 수 없다. 이와 같은 불편을 해결하기 위해 외부 스토리지 검증기법들이 제안되었다. 대부분의 기법들이 준동형 검증 태그(homomorphic verifiable tags)를 사용하고 있지만, 이는 데이터를 지수로 하여 계산하기 때문에 효율성에 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 외부 스토리지 무결성 검증의 새로운 접근 방법으로써 계수행렬을 이용한 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 데이터를 계수행렬의 형태로 변환하여 검증에 사용한다. 검증과정은 선형연립방정식의 해를 구하는 형태로 진행되며, 검증자는 수식에 해벡터를 대입함으로써 쉽게 검증을 수행할 수 있다. 제안하는 기법을 사용하면 검증자는 sqrt(n) 크기의 데이터로 크기가 n인 데이터를 검증할 수 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.243-253
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• 2021

This study aims to examine (1) the association between the chief executive officer tenure and audit quality, (2) the relationship between chief executive officer duality and audit quality, (3) the association between board independence and audit quality, (4) the relationship between board size and audit quality, and (5) the role of controlling variables (client size, leverage debt, and business complexity) in controlling these relationships. The research sample includes 325 financial reports from manufacturing firms listed in Amman Stock exchange over the 2014-2018 period. The study relationships are tested by using logistic regression. The results revealed a negative relationship, but not significant between CEO tenure and independent directors with audit quality. In addition, the results showed there is a negative effect of CEO duality on audit quality; also the results revealed that there is a statistically significant effect on the board of directors (board size) on the AQ. In general, the coefficient estimates of controlling variables show that client size and leverage debt positively affect audit quality, and on the contrary, business complexity has an insignificant positive relationship with audit quality. The summary of the study findings play an active role to external auditor opinion on business practice in towered the corporate governance system.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2021

본 연구는 품질관리업무 전담자 제도 도입이 회계법인의 감사품질에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였으며, 현재 시행 중인 상장회사 감사인 등록요건의 주요 내용인 품질관리제도 구축의 중요성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 감사품질은 선행연구를 따라 재량적 발생액을 이용하여 측정하였고, 품질관리 전담자가 존재하는 회계법인과 품질관리 전담자가 없는 회계법인의 감사품질과 품질관리 전담자 제도 도입 전후 즉, 2015 회계연도 이전과 2016 회계연도 이후의 감사품질을 비교하여 품질관리 전담자 제도가 회계법인의 감사품질에 유의한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 실증결과를 요약하면, 첫째, 품질관리 전담자가 존재하는 회계법인의 감사품질이 품질관리 전담자가 없는 회계법인의 감사품질보다 우수하다는 것을 확인하였다. 둘째, 품질관리 전담자 제도도입 후 회계연도의 감사품질이 도입 전 회계연도의 감사품질보다 우수하다는 것을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.687-696
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• 2020

Accounting policies are principles and practices by which an entity uses to recognize, measure and report economic transactions. Improper application of accounting policies can lead to misrepresentation of firms' financial position and performance which consequently results in incorrect accounting information to the users. This paper aims to investigate the factors influencing the choices of accounting policies in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam by reviewing relevant literature to build a research model. The research model comprises of one dependent variable that is income-decreasing accounting procedures and six independent variables namely the firm size, financial leverage, incentives, auditor, accountants, and tax policies. After this, the authors collected primary data from more than 200 questionnaires sent to directors and chief accountants of the SMEs for the period 2018 to 2019. We then used Ordinary Least Squares regression method (OLS) to analyze the data. The results showed that four factors influenced selection of accounting policies in which auditors are associated with income-increasing accounting policies; and there are three factors associated with income-decreasing accounting policies which are, company size, tax and accountant. Especially, the research results indicate that company size has a significant influence on the selection of accounting policies in the SMEs. Based on the results, we propose instructive suggestions for regulators and lawmakers improve choices of accounting policies in the SMEs.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2019

The auditor, an important instrument of corporate governance, ensures the transparency and accountability of the firm to the stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of audit characteristics on firm performance. In this study, external audit quality (BIG4), frequencies of audit committee meetings, and audit committee size are used as the proxies of audit characteristics and firm performance is measured through ROA, profit margin and EPS. A total of 503 firm years are considered as sample size from the listed manufacturing firms of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) during the period of 2013 to 2017 to find out the impact of audit characteristics on firm performance. In this study, multivariate regression analysis is conducted using the pooled OLS method. Moreover, time dummy and lag model of multivariate analysis are also analyzed as robust check. The multivariate regression results find that external audit quality (BIG4) and audit committee size are significantly positively associated with firm performance. This study also finds that there is a significant negative relationship between audit committee meeting and firm performance. This study recommends that the regulatory authority and audit committee should review the frequencies of audit committee meeting to make it more effective to ensure better firm performance.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.517-523
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• 2021

Audit quality encompasses the key elements that create an environment that maximizes the likelihood that quality audits are performed consistently. This study aimed to identify the impact of auditing quality on the market value of the manufacturing companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The analytical method was adopted in this research to extract and collect the necessary data. This study hypothesizes that audit quality leads to an increase in the market value by the offering of high-quality services. The study used the panel data approach to analyze cross-sectional data for 41 industrial companies that included time series data for the period (2019-2019). To test its hypotheses, the study used the fixed-effect model. The study found that the audit quality factors (audit office size, client retention period, auditor's fees, and linking with international audit offices) did not have a significant impact on market value. It found also the positive impact of the audit office size on the market value of the listed companies on the ASE for the period from 2009 to 2019. The study recommended the management of the company realize the importance of contracting with audit offices of large size and good reputation because these offices are more capable of increasing their efficiency, qualifying their employees, and thus be fully prepared for the audit process efficiently and effectively.