題目：The information role of critical audit matters in expanded audit report: Evidence from China Stock Market 2021-01-12

主講人：尹興強 博士

時(shí)間：2021年1月13日14:00開(kāi)始

地點(diǎn)：bwin必贏(yíng)唯一官網(wǎng)324室

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主講人簡(jiǎn)介

尹興強，男，四川達州人。本科與碩士畢業(yè)于石河子大學(xué)（財務(wù)管理專(zhuān)業(yè)），目前為上海財經(jīng)大學(xué)會(huì )計學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)博士研究生（將于2021年6月畢業(yè)）。主要研究興趣為審計、信息披露與大數據時(shí)代的財務(wù)會(huì )計研究。已在《經(jīng)濟研究》《管理世界》《會(huì )計研究》《China Economic Review》《China Journal of Accounting Studies》等國內外權威學(xué)術(shù)期刊發(fā)表論文多篇。先后主持新疆維吾爾自治區研究生科研創(chuàng )新項目1項、上海財經(jīng)大學(xué)研究生創(chuàng )新基金項目1項、上海財經(jīng)大學(xué)會(huì )計學(xué)院與大華會(huì )計師事務(wù)所共建聯(lián)合研究項目1項。作為主要成員參與省部級以上課題4項。曾獲得大學(xué)生國家獎學(xué)金、國家勵志獎學(xué)金、研究生國家獎學(xué)金、全國大學(xué)生春節“錢(qián)”主題征文全國三等獎、新疆第八屆研究生學(xué)術(shù)論壇三等獎、新疆第七屆研究生學(xué)術(shù)論壇優(yōu)秀獎、新疆維吾爾自治區優(yōu)秀畢業(yè)論文、上海市“應用微觀(guān)計量經(jīng)濟學(xué)”暑期學(xué)校優(yōu)秀論文獎、徐政旦獎學(xué)金、優(yōu)秀學(xué)生、優(yōu)秀黨員等榮譽(yù)。

報告簡(jiǎn)介

The recent ground-breaking reforms of auditing standards require auditors to disclose critical audit matters (CAM), which greatly enhance the informativeness and flexibility of audit report. This study investigates whether managers will utilize that flexibility to convey private information to investors, and whether auditors will certify that information. Based on a sample of CAMs disclosed by listed firms on China stock markets, we find that for firms with severe financial constraint and scarce analyst coverage, auditors tend to disclose more CAMs and audit responses in audit reports, and auditors are more likely to provide confirmative comments. Further analyses find that firms with confirmative CAMs have lower cost of capital, positive short-term market reaction, higher value relevance and ERC, and higher long-term market valuation. With regards to incentives of firms, we find that the communicating effect of CAMs primarily exists in firms with private owners, headquartered in regions with poor financial development, and with higher level of information uncertainty and financial risk. The certifying effect is more pronounced for firms located in regions with poor financial development, with higher level of information uncertainty and growth potential. With regards to incentives of auditors, we find that auditors tend to charge higher audit fees when helping firms to convey information, are less likely to certify the CAMs when firms engage in more earnings management, and the client importance has no impact on the disclosure of CAMs. Such results indicate that auditors take litigation risk and reputation penalty into consideration when helping firms to communicate and certify private information. The content analysis finds that for firms with severe financial constraint and scarce analyst coverage, the CAMs tend to be more readable, more positive and less boilerplate. Overall, the empirical results demonstrate that CAMs can help to communicate and certify private information of certain firms.