This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information,costly litigation and risk averse auditors. A negligence rulefails in such a setting, because in equilibrium auditors will deviatewith positive probability from any given standard. It is shown thatstrict liability...

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, welche Anreize von asymmetrischer Besteuerung einerseits undvon Haftungsbeschränkungen andererseits für die optimale Risikowahl eines Unternehmensausgehen. Wir betrachten dabei eine risikobehaftete Investition, deren Risikogradwertrelevant verändert werden kann, so...