Kohlbeck and Mayhew () create a new data set featuring two types of related party transactions. They use empirical†archival methods to investigate the effect of such transactions on the… Click to show full abstract
Kohlbeck and Mayhew () create a new data set featuring two types of related party transactions. They use empirical†archival methods to investigate the effect of such transactions on the likelihood of restatements and on audit fees. Their findings suggest that related party transactions related to directors, officers and major shareholders are associated with poor “tone at the top†and that this leads management to negotiate for lower†quality audits to minimize monitoring costs. To offer avenues for future research, we focus our discussion on three aspects of their paper related to causality, definitions of variables, and generalizability to non†U.S. jurisdictions.Kohlbeck et Mayhew (2017) constituent un nouvel ensemble de donnA©es relatives A deux catA©gories d'opA©rations entre apparentA©s. Ils utilisent des mA©thodes empiriques d'archivage pour A©tudier l'incidence de ces opA©rations sur la probabilitA© de retraitements et sur les honoraires d'audit. Leurs constatations permettent de croire que les opA©rations entre apparentA©s liA©es aux administrateurs, aux dirigeants et aux principaux actionnaires sont associA©es A un ton inadA©quat donnA© par la direction, et que cette situation amA¨ne la direction A nA©gocier des audits de qualitA© infA©rieure afin de rA©duire au minimum les coA»ts de la surveillance. Dans le but de proposer des pistes de recherche future, les auteurs axent leur analyse sur trois aspects de l’A©tude, soit la causalitA©, la dA©finition des variables et la possibilitA© d'en gA©nA©raliser les conclusions A l'extA©rieur des A‰tats†Unis.
               
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