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Voluntary changes in accounting principle: Literature review, descriptive data, and opportunities for future research
Journal of Accounting Literature ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.acclit.2017.09.001
Marsha B. Keune , Timothy M. Keune , Linda A. Quick

Voluntary changes in accounting principle represent explicit and fundamental decisions by managers to exercise accounting discretion. This paper develops an organizing framework to review prior literature on voluntary changes, provides descriptive insights on contemporary changes, and identifies opportunities for future research on voluntary changes. The voluntary change literature is robust and has examined many questions using data prior to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). We find that contemporary voluntary changes often vary across the pre-SOX, post-SOX, and post-SFAS No. 154 periods by the materiality of their income effect, issue type, and justifications provided by managers, suggesting that manager use of voluntary changes has evolved over time. Our future research opportunities consider potential determinants of voluntary changes including strategic incentives, environmental conditions, and manager characteristics, as well as the potential direct or moderating role of corporate governance and auditors on manager use of voluntary changes. They also consider user reactions to voluntary changes. By providing insight into both extant voluntary change research and the contemporary use of voluntary changes, our study informs standards setters who grant managers the ability to exercise this form of accounting discretion, as well as researchers who plan to study accounting choice through voluntary changes.

中文翻译:

自愿改变会计准则:文献综述,描述性数据和未来研究的机会

会计原则的自愿变更代表管理者为行使会计自由裁量权做出的明确而根本的决定。本文建立了一个组织框架,以审查有关自愿变更的现有文献,提供有关当代变更的描述性见解,并确定未来有关自愿变更的研究机会。自愿变更文献是可靠的,并且使用2002年《萨班斯-奥克斯利法案》(SOX)之前的数据研究了许多问题。我们发现,在SOX之前,SOX之后和SFAS第154期之前,当代的自愿变更通常会因收入影响的重要性,问题类型和管理者提供的理由而有所不同,这表明管理者使用自愿变更随着时间的流逝而发展。我们未来的研究机会考虑了自愿变更的潜在决定因素,包括战略诱因,环境条件和经理特征,以及公司治理和审计师在经理使用自愿变更方面的潜在直接或调节作用。他们还考虑了用户对自愿更改的反应。通过提供对既有的自愿变更研究和当代对自愿变更的使用的洞察力,我们的研究为标准制定者(他们赋予经理人行使这种形式的会计自由裁量权的能力)以及计划通过自愿变更研究会计选择的研究人员提供信息。以及公司治理和审计师在经理使用自愿变更方面的潜在直接或调节作用。他们还考虑了用户对自愿更改的反应。通过提供对既有的自愿变更研究和当代对自愿变更的使用的洞察力,我们的研究为标准制定者(他们赋予经理人行使这种形式的会计自由裁量权的能力)以及计划通过自愿变更研究会计选择的研究人员提供信息。以及公司治理和审计师在经理使用自愿变更方面的潜在直接或调节作用。他们还考虑了用户对自愿更改的反应。通过提供对既有的自愿变更研究和当代对自愿变更的使用的洞察力,我们的研究为标准制定者(他们赋予经理人行使这种形式的会计自由裁量权的能力)以及计划通过自愿变更研究会计选择的研究人员提供信息。
更新日期:2017-12-01
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