From the sociolinguistic perspective, this study examines whether the honorific and actual-name appellations that Chinese auditors use to address clients in audit reports connote differential financial misstatement risk. Specifically, we hypothesize that auditors' use of honorifics signals their...

This study examines the influence of underwriter-auditor relationship (UAR) on pre-initial public offering (IPO) earnings management. Using a sample of Chinese to-be-listed firms, we find that a close UAR, as reflected in repeated collaborations between an underwriter and an audit firm in IPOs,...

The concentration distribution of inorganic elements in natural water is discontinuous due to the suspended micro colloidal and nanoparticles. In this work, the signals of Fe, Cu, Cd, Pb content in natural water samples collected from a city lake were examined using the inductively coupled...

1. Informal Institution and Accounting: Introduction and Outline -- 2. Auditor-CEO Surname Sharing and Financial Misstatement -- 3. CEO-Director Surname Connectedness and Corporate Misconduct -- 4. CEO-Auditor Hometown Complex and Pre-IPO Earnings Management -- 5. Does Honorific Usage in Audit...

How do corruption and the state apparatus interact, and how are they connected to the political and economic dimensions of state capacity? Motivated by historians' analysis of powerful empires, we build a model that emphasizes the corrosive effect of corruption on state power. Under general...