必博娱乐

网站风格个性化
中文 | English

Negative Press Coverage, Litigation Risk, and Audit Opinions in China

来源:上海立信会计金融学院   点击率:


主题:Negative Press Coverage, Litigation Risk, and Audit Opinions in China

报告人:刘启亮

时间:2020112513:30

腾讯会议平台:会议号366 521 329

 

报告人简介:

刘启亮,华中科技大学管理学院会计系教授(三级)、博导、系主任、华中科技大学会计学学术带头人。最近5年主要研究领域:审计、内部控制、媒体监管、公司信息披露、创新与风险管理等,已在《经济研究》、《管理世界》、China Accounting and Finance Review等发表论文多篇,同时,有两篇合作论文已被Management ScienceContemporary Accounting Research接受。

报告内容简介:

Mutchler et al. (1997, p. 308) conjecture that auditors modify their audit opinions in response to negative press coverage received by clients to mitigate increased litigation risk resulting from negative press coverage (the strategic view). Exploiting a legal regime change in China in 2005 that significantly increased auditors’ legal liability, we empirically test Mutchler et al.’s (1997) strategic view of why auditors increase the probability of issuing modified audit opinions (MAOs) to clients who receive negative press coverage. We find that the probability for auditors to issue MAOs is not (positively) related to negative press coverage in the low (high) litigation risk period or 2001-2004 (2006-2009). We further show that investors are more likely to sue the firm and/or its auditor in the high litigation risk period (2006-2009), and that auditors can reduce the probability of being sued and the probability of paying monetary compensation by issuing MAOs in the high litigation risk period. Taken together, our findings suggest that auditors increase the probability of issuing MAOs to firms receiving negative press coverage strategically to mitigate a perceived increase in litigation risk stemming from negative press coverage in the high litigation risk period, supporting the Mutchler et al.’s (1997) strategic view and consistent, in spirit, with Geiger et al. (2006).

Mutchler等人(1997年,第308页)推测审计师根据客户收到的负面新闻报道修改其审计意见,以减轻负面新闻报道导致的诉讼风险(战略观点)。利用2005年中国法律制度中审计师的法律责任增加的变化,我们实证检验了Mutchler等人(1997)的战略观点,即为什么审计师会增加向接受负面新闻报道的客户发布修改后的审计意见(MAO)的可能性。我们发现,在低(高)诉讼风险期或2001-2004年(2006-2009年),审计师发布MAO的概率与负面新闻报道没有(正)相关。进一步分析表明,投资者更有可能在高诉讼风险期(2006-2009年)起诉公司和/或其审计师,审计师可以通过在高诉讼风险期发行MAO来降低被起诉的概率和支付货币赔偿的概率。综上所述,我们的研究结果表明,审计师增加了向接受负面新闻报道的公司发布MAO的概率,以减轻在高诉讼风险时期由于负面新闻报道而增加的诉讼风险,这支持了Mutchler等人(1997)的战略观点,也与盖革等人(2006年)的观点具有一致性。

欢迎广大师生积极参加!

会计学院

20201116

分享到: