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Short Sellers And Insider Trading Profitability: A Natural Experiment, Xia Chen, Qiang Cheng, Ting Luo, Heng Yue

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We examine the impact of short sellers on insider trading profitability using a natural experiment of a pilot program which relaxed short-selling constraints for randomly selected pilot stocks. We find that pilot firms experienced a significant decrease in insider trading profitability during the pilot program. The results are more pronounced for the pilot firms with poor information quality, and for the pilot firms without corporate restrictions on insider trading. Our evidence suggests that short sellers serve an important market disciplinary role by reducing insider trading profitability.

Financial Indicators Of Bankruptcy Risk In Local Government Entities, Beth Parker Seymore

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The efficiency and stability of a local government can impact the lifestyle of its citizens. While Chapter 9 bankruptcies are not common, when they do occur, they can be disruptive and extremely costly. Scholarly literature on bankruptcy prediction focuses primarily on corporate bankruptcies. Therefore, a gap exists regarding predictors specific to municipal bankruptcies. This non-experimental quantitative study examined the relationship between the financial indicators of those government entities that have declared bankruptcy as compared to financial indicators from similar government entities that have not declared bankruptcy in order to identify possible predictors of bankruptcy. The analysis established that two financial …

Fraud Risk Management To Detect And Prevent Employee Fraud In Small Rural Businesses, Daphne Yuying Bishop

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This section provides discussion and research results of this study. The researcher used qualitative multiple case study to explore how small rural businesses establish Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) internal controls to deter and prevent employee fraud. A qualitative multiple case study was based on the fraud diamond theory. Thirty small business owners or managers located in rural areas were interviewed to gain a greater understanding of the effectiveness of internal control in small rural businesses. After thematic analysis, the researcher identified seven major themes: (a) management’s commitment to integrity and ethical value, (b) identifying high-risk …

Strategic Management Accounting Information And Performance: Mediating Effect Of Knowledge Management, Ruhanita Maelah, Baha'a Aldeen Hussein Mohamed, Amizawati Mohd Amir

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship ‎between Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) information, Knowledge Management (KM), and the performance of ‎Malaysian hospitals.

Design/methodology/approach: A survey is employed, and data is collected using self- administered questionnaires. Responses from 95 Malaysian private hospitals were ‎analysed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) 3.0.

Research Findings: The findings indicate that SMA ‎information positively affects ‎performance, and KM mediates the ‎relationship between SMA information and interpretation.

Theoretical Contribution/Originality: This study utilised the Resource-Based View (RBV) theory to explain SMA information as a resource and KM as a capability that impacts the …

International Students’ Awareness Of U.S. Tax Filings, Janene R. Finley, Amanda M. Grossman, Denise O'Shaughnessy

International Journal for Business Education

International students studying in the United States (U.S.) must follow many rules and regulations implemented by the federal government, including tax filing requirements. Generally, international students must file Form 8843 with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicating that they are nonresidents exempt from taxation on worldwide income during their first five years in the U.S. In addition, they must file Form 1040-NR if they earn any taxable income in the U.S. This exploratory study examines the level of tax filing knowledge international students possess, as well as the characteristics of both international students and their educational institutions to ascertain …

Data Privacy Regulations In The United States, China, And The European Union, Charlsey A. Kelly

Honors College Theses

This paper compares and discusses the different data privacy regulations found in the United States, China, and the European Union. It is no secret that big tech companies like Facebook and Google continuously collect data on their users. The big question is what protections and rights one has as a consumer. The answer to this question differs when you are in different parts of the world. Currently the United States does not have a federal data privacy law, China recently adopted a new data privacy law called the Personal Information Protection Law, and the European Union has a data privacy …

2017 Tax Cuts And Jobs Act And Its Effect On Vertical Equity For Homeowners, Melanie Auclair

Honors Projects in Accounting

Data from the Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income (SOI) was analyzed to compare the tax subsidy for homeowners from filing year 2018 (for calendar year 2017) and filing year 2019 (for calendar year 2018). Homeowner tax benefits were calculated with an extensive analysis to understand how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes affected homeowner tax benefits on a vertical equity basis. Prior research has shown homeowner tax benefits are regressive in nature. The primary research question in this study is whether TCJA increased or decreased regressivity of homeowner tax benefits. The results of this study have shown that …

The Impact Of Emerging Big Data And Analytical Approaches, Kennedy Akpeneye

Honors Projects in Accounting

Although accounting has gone through many significant changes over the years due to big data and data analytics, the profession remains at the core of business. Big data has not only impacted the accounting profession but has also completely transformed the business world. As accounting associates are continuously introduced to new technology software, their ability to analyze and interpret data is enhanced. The research in this paper seeks to understand how big data and analytics are currently impacting the work of beginning accounting associates. More specifically, this thesis analyzes certain trends in big data within the accounting industry. This involves …

Changes To Corporate Codes Of Ethics: A Twelve-Year Analysis, Curtis Silverman

Honors Projects in Accounting

The Enron scandal caused companies and their Board of Directors to reconsider how they were utilizing their code of ethics, especially after the legislation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Enron's Board of Directors provided the CFO, Andy Fastow, with a waiver of the code of ethics to negotiate with himself, while also on behalf of Enron. The issue with this waiver was that, at the time, investors were left in the dark because they did not need to be notified about any changes or exceptions made to the code of ethics. After learning about why codes of ethics and …

Ethical Monetization For Social Media Companies, Leo Phillips

Honors Theses

The most popular social media companies today all monetize primarily through the same revenue stream, advertising. Popular social media strategies have developed similar methods to increase the advertising revenue that each user generates. These strategies for monetization have become ever increasingly exploitative and harmful to the social media user population as these major companies are gripped in a technological arms race to capture as much of their user’s time and attention as possible. The effects of increased social media use are a general overall decline in our society’s physical, emotional, and social health (Haugen, 2021 & Harris, 2019). These health …

Using Modern Portfolio Theory To Create Efficient Portfolios From The S&P Index, Dylan Rhoads

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) serves as a proxy for the U.S. equity market and is among the most widely cited financial instruments in the world. Its risk and return can be accepted as the market’s, leading it to be the benchmark for performance in many investment settings. Modern portfolio theory helps to quantify performance by explaining the relationship between risk and return. Every portfolio has its own return and risk level, with the optimal allocations falling on the “Efficient Frontier”, that is the line on a graph that connects the portfolios that have the maximum return …

The Benefits That Come From Moving Out Of State For College, Sadie Morris

Student Research Symposium

My topic is about how moving to a new state can benefit a student when starting college. Not that many students move to a different state to go to college, and there can be a lot of benefits that come from moving some where new. This poster highlights the positives that come from moving to a new state from college.

Corporate Website Disclosures And Financial Reporting Quality, Nicholas Mueller

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between corporate website disclosures and financial reporting quality. Using a sample of the S&P 500 and S&P 400 firms, a voluntary website disclosure score is created by identifying specific website disclosures. After controlling for website disclosure requirements imposed by U.S. stock exchanges, the results indicate that firms with greater website disclosures are associated with lower abnormal accruals and differential persistence of cash flows and operating accruals. Additionally, using the Chen, Miao, and Shevlin (2015) measures for disaggregation quality of financial statement items, the results suggest that the association between financial reporting quality and website disclosures …

Society Dilemma Of Computer Technology Management In Today's World, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

Abstract - Is it true that some of the inhabitants of the world’s today are still hesitant in using computers? Research has shown that today many people are still against the use of computers. Computer technology management can be said to be obliterated by security problems. Research shows that some people in society feel reluctant or afraid to use computers because of errors and exposure of their privacy and their sophistication, which sometimes are caused by computer hackers and malfunction of the computers. The dilemma of not utilizing computer technology at all or, to its utmost, by certain people in …

The Politics Of Bank Opacity, Heng Yue, Liandong Zhang, Qinlin Zhong

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The distribution of power in the political system shapes the financial reporting opacity of banks. Specifically, banks located in states with senators on the Senate Banking Committee (BC senators) have greater abnormal loan loss provisions than banks in other states. The result is stronger for larger banks and banks with higher risk. In addition, BC senators have a negative effect on the likelihood of banks in their home states receiving enforcement actions, and, more importantly, this effect is stronger for more opaque banks. These findings suggest that politicians, regulators, and banks use opaque financial reporting to facilitate regulatory forbearance. Moreover, …

Collection Of Accountancy Case Studies, Adam Lalejini

Honors Theses

The following collection of case studies examines various personal and professional topics in accounting. These topics range from personal research and reflection on important topics within the profession to a comprehensive case competition focusing on The Coca-Cola Company. Throughout the collection, theoretical accounting frameworks and solutions are applied to real world scenarios. In addition to theoretical frameworks, financial statements and relevant outside sources are used with applicable.

Regulatory Interventions In Response To Noncompliance With Mandatory Derivatives Disclosure Rules, Neil Bhattacharya, Hye Sun Chang, Raluca Chiorean

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We investigate regulatory actions in response to violations of mandatory derivatives disclosure rules (SFAS 161) and the outcomes of these regulatory interventions using a hand-collected sample of derivatives disclosures. Derivatives are used by nearly two-thirds of U.S. nonfinancial firms, and they are one of the most complex types of financial contracts. Consequently, inadequate derivatives disclosures could pose significant challenges to financial statement users in assessing the risk and financial health of enterprises. First, we document that firms with high proprietary and agency costs are less likely to comply with SFAS 161. Next, by examining derivatives-related SEC comment letters, we further …

Government Auditing Standards And Single Audits, April 1, 2022; Audit Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Firm Environmental And Sustainability Performance On Nonprofessional Investors’ Judgments: A Comparison Between The United States And Germany, Jackson M. Nietert

Senior Theses

Several studies find that environmental reporting is significant to investors’ decision-making. Here, the effect of German and US-American cultures on nonprofessional investors’ judgments when given positive or negative environmental reports is examined. Two experiments were conducted, one with US students recruited locally and German participants recruited online and the other with all participants recruited online to ensure more similar samples. In both experiments, in line with previous research, environmental reporting has a significant impact on nonprofessional investors’ decision-making process. In addition, the first experiment shows that German nonprofessional investors are more likely to penalize firms for poor environmental ratings however …

Out Of Office: Examining How Remote Auditing Can Affect Audit Quality, Kristen Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

Psychological factors bring rise to the potential for differences in audit quality between in- person and remote work. With remote auditing on the rise, I investigate whether an increase in distance between an auditor and their supervisor can increase auditors’ divergent thinking and, in high time pressure, lead to a greater likelihood for auditors to exhibit reduced audit quality (RAQ) behavior. Consistent with prior literature, I find auditors facing high (vs. low) time pressure are more likely to engage in RAQ behavior, consistent with their motivation to speed up testing. More importantly, I find auditors working remotely are more likely …

Developing Future-Ready Talent Through ‘Real-World’ Digital Projects, Gary Pan, Benjamin Huan Zhou Lee, Yuanto Kusnadi

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

A close collaboration between university and industry partners through ‘real-world’ digital projects could help develop future-ready accountants

The Effects Of Big Data And Blockchain On The Audit Profession, Tereesha Marquette Patterson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative study purposed to gain a greater understanding of the technological systems effecting the audit industry. The central focus was to gain an in-depth understanding of the effects of big data and blockchain technology on the audit industry. Interviews were carried out with selected participants working for Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firms. From the interviews, eleven CPAs provided the data to form the discovered themes. The information gathered in the interviews contributed to the body of knowledge concerning big data and blockchain technology as recognized by practicing CPAs. Four themes were identified which aligned with the participants feedback concerning …

Financing Low-Carbon Transport Transition In The Philippines: Mapping Financing Sources, Gaps And Directionality Of Innovation, Varsolo Sunio, Jaime Mendejar

Finance and Accounting Faculty Publications

Successfully achieving a low-carbon transition in the transport sector requires an understanding of the lending logics of the financial institutions in order to identify the financing directionality and gaps. However, in the transportation literature, there is a lack of attention on the relationship between financing sources and the direction of innovation. The present study seeks to address this by mapping the flow of finance from financial institutions to transport projects. Our dataset consists of 9 transport projects included in the Philippines’ Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). We consider different types of projects (rail development, bus rapid transit implementation, jeepney modernization) and …

تأثير مخاطر التدقيق في مصداقية المعلومات المالية في المصارف الخاصة العراقية, عباس فاضل علي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى التعرف على تأثير مخاطر التدقيق في مصداقية المعلومات المالية وتم الاعتماد على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي اذ استخدمت استمارة الاستبيان الالكتروني كأداة للبحث ، ويتكون مجتمع البحث من جميع العاملين في رقابة وتدقيق الحسابات في المصارف الخاصة العراقية ، اما عينة البحث فقد بلغت 110 فردا من الافراد المشار اليهم في مجتمع البحث ، وتوصل البحث إلى مجموعة من النتائج وهي وجود مستوى مرتفع من مخاطر التدقيق بأنواعها (مخاطر الملازمة، مخاطر الرقابة، مخاطر الاستكشاف) التي تتعرض لها المصارف الخاصة العراقية وكذلك وجود مستوى مرتفع من مصداقية المعلومات المالية لدى المصارف الخاصة العراقية وتبين وجود تأثير عكسي ذي دلالة …

تحليل العلاقة بين البراعة التنظيمية والاداء المالي لمصارف القطاع الحكومي والخاص, سلام جاسم حمود العارضي, خيرات عطية حمزة

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الحالي إلى تحليل العلاقة بين البراعة التنظيمية والأداء المالي لمجموعة من المصارف الحكومية والخاصة العاملة في العراق ، بدأ البحث في إيجاد إجابة للسؤال التالي هل البراعة التنظيمية لها تأثير على الأداء المالي للبنوك؟ كما انطلق البحث من فرضية رئيسية تفيد بوجود علاقة تأثير ذات دلالة إحصائية بين البراعة التنظيمية والأداء المالي ، بعد الفرضية التي يتبعها البحث تبنى المنهج الوصفي التحليلي لاختبار وتحليل نتائج الدراسة وباستخدام الاستبيانة كأداة رئيسية لجمع البيانات والمعلومات. تم توزيع (230) استبانة على متخذي القرار من البنوك الحكومية والخاصة العاملة في العراق ، وتم استرجاع (221) استبانة ، و (200) استبانة صالحة للتحليل …

أثر التدقيق الداخلي على مصداقية المعلومات المحاسبية ( دراسة مسحية على عينة مستخدمي المعلومات في شركة اسياسيل للاتصالات العراقية), شری ابراهیم کوثر, نیشتمان حسن فتاح

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تسعي جميع المنظمات والمنشئات الاقتصادية إلى تحقيق أفضل مستوى ممكن من الأداء المحاسبي والاقتصادي، حتى تستطيع مواجهة التنافس الشديد مع المنشئات الأخرى، والوصول إلى ميزة تنافسية ترفع الحصة السوقية للشركة أو المؤسسة، ولتحقيق ذلك، تهتم الشركات بإجراء تدقيق شامل ومتواصل لأداء المنظمة المحاسبي والاقتصادي، ليمكنها من الوصول إلى أفضل مستوى ممكن من النشاط الاقتصادي. وتنفذ المنشئات الاقتصادية سياسات واستراتيجيات متعددة، وتتبع وسائل وإجراءات تساعد على تحسين جودة القوائم وتقارير محاسبية، ويمكن من خلالها إظهار القوائم المحاسبية بأفضل صورة ممكنة للمساعدة في اتخاذ القرارات المتعلقة بالتخطيط والتنبؤ المستقبلي للنشاط الاقتصادي. تحص المنظمات على تطبيق معايير التدقيق المبنية على المنهجية العلمية، مما …

اثر جودة التدريب في تطوير قدرات الموارد البشرية / دراسة تطبيقية في المركز الوطني للتدريب والتنمية البشرية في وزارة الصحة, شروق إسماعيل حامد, منتهى قاسم صادق

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تناولت هذه الدراسة اثر جودة التدريب في مساعدة الافراد والمؤسسات المهنية في بناء وتطوير القدرات البشرية اذ تم تقديم اطار نظري لبعض ما طرحه الكتاب والباحثين حول موضوع جودة التدريب ودورها في تطوير قدرات العاملين في مختلف الوظائف الى جانب الاطار العملي والذي تضمن استعراض لبعض نتائج الجوانب التدريبة في المركز الوطني للتدريب والتنمية البشرية في وزارة الصحة او تضمن البحث اربعة محاور اساسية هي أ- هدف البحث. ب -الاجراءات المتبعة في الجانب العملي ج-اهم الاستنتاجات د- اهم التوصيات.

اثر المخاطر المالية النظامية على ربحية المصارف التجارية دراسة تطبيقية في المصرف التجاري العراقي للمدة 2010-2019, رائد حسن علي, زهراء حسين نشاد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

أن الاقتصاد العراقي يشهد تقلبات واسعة نتيجة مؤثرات عدة، منها سياسية وامنية واقتصادية، تنعكس بشكل مخاطر، واشار هذا البحث الى المخاطر المالية النظامية منها والتي تنعكس على مجمل القطاعات بشكلاً عاماً وعلى القطاع المصرفي بشكل خاص، لاسيما المصارف التجارية الخاصة، ويعد هذا البحث من البحوث المهمة التي تتطرق إلى دراسة انعكاس المخاطر المالية النظامية (مخاطر الائتمان، مخاطر الملاءة المالية، مخاطر جودة الموجودات) على تحقيق الربحية للمصارف التجارية، لذا يهدف هذا البحث الى معرفة اثر المخاطر المالية النظامية على تحقيق الربحية للمصارف التجارية وذلك من خلال عرض تحليل وقياس الإطار النظري لعلاقة المخاطر المالية النظامية بتحقيق الربحية للمصارف التجارية واجريَ هذا …

إمكانية تطبيق الاستدامة المالية في ظل مخاطر الدين العام في العراق, عقيل حميد الحلو, ام البنين حميد الجياشي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ينطلق موضوع البحث من الأهمية القصوى للاستدامة المالية وإمكانية تحققها في ظل مخاطر الدين العام في العراق، لاسيما في ظل الأزمات والصعوبات الإقتصادية، وتدور مشكلة البحث حول أثر إرتفاع المديونية العامة على إمكانية تحقق الاستدامة المالية في العراق ولتحقق هدف البحث تم أستخدام التحليل الوصفي الأحصائي للتحقق من إمكانات الاستدامة المالية وأثر إستخدامها للحد من مشاكل مخاطر الدين العام، وتحليل مؤشرات الدين العام في العراق للمدة قيد الدراسة، وتوصل البحث إلى جملة من الأسباب أهمها أن مؤشرات الدين العام تشير إلى أن العراق لم يصل إلى مرحلة الخطر وفقاً للمعايير الدولية، ألا أن وجود الدين العام في ظل الأزمة المالية …

دور تقنيتي الهندسة المتزامنة والكلفة المستهدفة الخضراء في تحقيق الميزة التنافسية المستدامة بحث تطبيقي في الشركة العامة للإسمنت العراقية/معمل إسمنت بابل, محمد سمير دهيرب الربيع, نورة حسن حمزة

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى التكامل بين تقنيتي الهندسة المتزامنة والكلفة المستهدفة الخضراء في تقديم منتج صديق للبيئة , وذلك لكون هذين التقنيتين من أهم التقنيات التي ظهرت نتيجة لاستراتيجيات العمل التي تتغير بسرعة مع متطلبات السوق وجوهر عملية الإنتاج الحديثة, من خلال تصنيع المنتجات التي تلبي رغبات الزبائن في أقصر وقت ممكن وأقل تكلفة. ولتحقيق هذا الهدف فقد تم اختيار الشركة العامة للإسمنت الجنوبية كمجتمع للبحث ومن خلال احد معاملها والمتمثل بـ (معمل بابل ). وقد توصل البحث الى عدة استنتاجات تتمثل في التحول من تطوير المنتجات المتتابعة إلى تطوير المنتجات المتزامنة ، والتي تمكنها من الاستجابة بسرعة عن طريق تقليل …