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The Information Content Of Withdrawn Audit Qualifications: New Evidence On The Value Of "Subject-To" Opinions, L. Paige Fields, Michael S. Wilkins

Michael S Wilkins

Statement on Auditing Standards No. 58 (AICPA 1988) effectively eliminated the "subject-to" audit opinion which auditors used to highlight financial statement uncertainties. Elimination of the "subject-to" report implied the Auditing Standards Board's belief that the opinion conveyed no material information to users. Several market-based studies of the value of "subject-to" opinions have yielded mixed results. A major limitation in most of these studies was a lack of precision in identifying the exact date upon which information, if any, was revealed to the market.

This study extends the previous work by examining the common share price reactions to public announcements of …

Cpas' Perceptions Of The Impact Of Sas 99, Donald C. Marczewski, Michael D. Akers

Michael D. Akers

In November 2002, the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standard 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit. Although SAS 99 was developed before the recent accounting scandals, its release came in their wake. The ASB crafted SAS 99 in response to perceived inadequacies in its predecessor, SAS 82. A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 300 Wisconsin CPAs selected from the membership of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, which included 150 partners and 150 managers from Wisconsin public accounting firms. The response rate was 35%, with an almost equal balance of partners and …

Fraud Requirements In Ssars 10, Michael D. Akers, Jodi L. Gissel

Michael D. Akers

With the issuance of Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) 10, Performance of Review Engagements, which is effective for review engagements for periods ending on or after Dec 15, 2004, the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee requires accountants performing review engagements to make inquiries regarding fraud. Furthermore, the management representation letter must address fraud. The authors reviewed the comment letters that the AICPA received in response to the exposure draft for SSARS 10 and conducted a survey of practitioners after the statement was issued. SSARS 10 amends SSARS 1, Compilation and Review of Financial Statements, primarily …

Executive Mba Libguide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Welcome!

This guide is created for Executive MBA students, faculty, and staff and is useful for various learning activities such as finding information on companies, searching for articles on a specific topic, reading comment letters sent to the SEC and accounting standards issued by FASB and IASB, and accessing stock market information. It compiles databases and websites useful for effective research on various business topics. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Horace W. Sturgis Library. We will be happy to help you with planning your research and identifying the most relevant sources of information.

Accounting Research Guide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

This guide provides access to useful resources for accounting students. It provides information on such topics as finding information on companies, searching for articles on a specific topic, reading comment letters sent to the SEC and accounting standards issued by FASB and IASB, and accessing stock market information. It compiles databases and websites useful for effective research on accounting topics.

Gas Reserves And Equity Valuation: Implications For Accounting Standards, Keith Duncan, Simone Kelly, Ray Mcnamara

Simone Kelly

The coal seam gas industry is an important and rapidly developing sector of the Australian mining industry. This sector provides an excellent site to test the relevance of the Hotelling Valuation Principle (HVP) in explaining the market capitalisation of this industry sector. Currently, the majority of listed firms in this sector do not have positive cash flows from the sale of gas. The HVP posits that market values are a function of company reserves. We test five measures of firm reserves as explanations of market capitalisation. After controlling for scale differences, we find that 2P Reserves have the highest explanatory …

Gas Reserves And Equity Valuation: Implications For Accounting Standards, Keith Duncan, Simone Kelly, Ray Mcnamara

Keith Duncan

The coal seam gas industry is an important and rapidly developing sector of the Australian mining industry. This sector provides an excellent site to test the relevance of the Hotelling Valuation Principle (HVP) in explaining the market capitalisation of this industry sector. Currently, the majority of listed firms in this sector do not have positive cash flows from the sale of gas. The HVP posits that market values are a function of company reserves. We test five measures of firm reserves as explanations of market capitalisation. After controlling for scale differences, we find that 2P Reserves have the highest explanatory …

Gas Reserves And Equity Valuation: Implications For Accounting Standards, Keith Duncan, Simone Kelly, Ray Mcnamara

Ray McNamara

The coal seam gas industry is an important and rapidly developing sector of the Australian mining industry. This sector provides an excellent site to test the relevance of the Hotelling Valuation Principle (HVP) in explaining the market capitalisation of this industry sector. Currently, the majority of listed firms in this sector do not have positive cash flows from the sale of gas. The HVP posits that market values are a function of company reserves. We test five measures of firm reserves as explanations of market capitalisation. After controlling for scale differences, we find that 2P Reserves have the highest explanatory …

Solving The Problem Of Setting Efficient Accounting Standards And Increasing Complexity Through Regulatory Competition, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Regulatory Competition Among Accounting Standards Within And Across International Boundaries, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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