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Accounting Enforcement In A National Context: An International Study, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin, Rebecca Bloch
Accounting Enforcement In A National Context: An International Study, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin, Rebecca Bloch
Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the national characteristics of culture, religion and political factionalization are associated with the strength of accounting enforcement. The study uses data on percentages of religious adherents in a sample nation, the Hofstede cultural dimensions and political factionalization. National legal code (e.g., Common Law or Civic Code) and market liquidity are controlled for. Factor analysis is used to generate factor scores from the data. The dependent variable, accounting enforcement, is drawn from Brown et al. (J Bus Finance Account 41(1/2):1–52, 2014). The findings demonstrate that this set of national characteristics is strongly …
Audit Regulation In An International Setting: Testing The Impact Of Religion, Culture, Market Factors, And Legal Code On National Regulatory Efforts, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin
Audit Regulation In An International Setting: Testing The Impact Of Religion, Culture, Market Factors, And Legal Code On National Regulatory Efforts, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin
Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Assuring the quality of international auditing is important in the current, globalized business/economic environment. High-quality international auditing efforts promote greater confidence in financial statements, and therefore promote greater movement of capital. Ensuring high-quality auditing efforts is the task of auditing regulation efforts, among others. Several potential determinants of the strength of these efforts were postulated in Kleinman et al (2014). The postulated determinants of interest include national culture, religion, legal code origin, and financial market liquidity. The authors, however, did not test the relationship of the postulated determinants to auditing enforcement efforts. This study undertakes the task of investigating such …
Audit Quality: A Cross-National Comparison Of Audit Regulatory Regimes, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin, Dan Palmon
Audit Quality: A Cross-National Comparison Of Audit Regulatory Regimes, Gary Kleinman, Beixin Lin, Dan Palmon
Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The importance of fostering more accurate audits has been heightened by a series of highprofile accounting scandals at the beginning of the millennium. These scandals prompted more stringent regulations over corporate governance and financial reporting and the creation of audit oversight bodies as the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in the United States and the Public Oversight Board (POB) in the United Kingdom. In parallel, the growing globalization of business has brought forth calls for adherence to a common set of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Even if a common standard is promulgated, it will not lead to similar …