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A critical issue in auditing is provisioning of reasonable assurance that the financial reports are free from material … misstatements. The auditing detection problem can be viewed as a two-player game between the auditor and the auditee where the …
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the auditees' demand for government performance auditing (GPA). Design/methodology/approach–This study acquired the data … legislative level is lower have more demand for the performance auditing; the respondents' knowledge about the GPA has not … increased their demand; the auditing penalty effects has negative impact on the demand for performance auditing and the …
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The purpose of this paper is to characterize the impact of fraud detection systems on the auditing procedure and the … signal of the system and auditing becomes more effective. This paper presents conditions under which insurance fraud and the …
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This paper models the borrowing decision of a small firm seeking a bank loan when it can optionally hire, at a cost, an independent external auditor to convey its risk characteristics to lenders. The analysis shows that a necessary condition for a potential borrower to prefer having an audit to...
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offering a menu of contracts. The analysis provides a proper benchmark for studying auditing under limited commitment and sheds …
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We study the phenomenon of tax evasion using a simple signaling model, in which the signal is taxpayer's reported income. The novelty of our approach lies in the way we define honesty. Specifically, we advocate the view that there are no absolutely honest taxpayers: all taxpayers may under...
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In the model there are two types of financial auditors with identical technology, one of which is endowed with a prior reputation for honesty. We characterize conditions under which there exists a 'two-tier equilibrium' in which 'reputable' auditors refuse bribes offered by clients for fear of...
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We introduce bureaucratic corruption in a simple way and examine its effect on government revenue when policies change. We show that a rise in the tax rate can lead to a fall in net revenue--a Laffer curve result due to the proportion of auditors that are corrupt and enforcement costs. It may...
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This paper develops a framework for the analysis of gatekeeping in tax enforcement, whereby independent auditors are assigned the duty of certifying taxpayers' reports. The equilibrium of the market for gatekeepers' services is characterised, as well as taxpayers' and auditors' optimal...
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