"This book focuses on aspects of Complex Systems (including Networks), Mechanism-Design and Behavioral Game Theory, introducing new models and "informal" algorithms that solve social-choice problems (using behavioral Game Theory, Complex Systems Theory and Mechanism Design) and presents new...

This qualitative field study is based on interviews with 20 experienced audit partners in France and documents the dialogical dimension of ethical deliberation in auditing. We ask: do audit partners consult each other when faced with an ethical dilemma at work? Who among their peers do they...

We investigate how the involvement of an external consultant in management's assessment of internal control affects external auditors' planning decisions. We find that when management integrity is low, such involvement results in auditors recommending a higher reliance on internal controls and...

Since the last overhaul and amendment in 1984, Hong Kong's Companies Ordinance has not been substantially reviewed for over 23 years. After similar reviews having been taken in other countries, the Government launched a comprehensive review and rewrite of the Companies Ordinance in mid-2006...

In this paper we provide evidence for the effects of social norms on audit pricing by studying companies belonging to the alcohol, firearms, gambling, military, nuclear power, and tobacco industries, which are often described as “sin” companies. We hypothesize that the disparities between...

We study regulation of the auditing profession in a model where audit quality is unobservable and enforcing regulation is costly. The optimal audit standard falls short of the first-best audit quality, and it is increasing in the riskiness of firms and in the amount of funding they seek. The...

This paper examines factors that influence job applicants' willingness to apply for positions in internal auditing. We predict and find evidence that job applicants are dissuaded from applying for internal audit positions. In two separate experiments involving participants at seven universities,...