We address the informational and strategic impacts of real earnings management (REM) in a two-period oligopoly model with one-sided information. For the strategic impacts of REM, once the demand falls short of expectation, a firm should raise the price instead of cutting it to reach the earnings...

This paper proposes a copayment scheme to prevent collusion in auditing contracts, offering as a solution to financial misreporting. In the copayment scheme, both the client firm and a third party, such as PCAOB, are asked to share the auditing fee. The key feature of the copayment scheme is...

We examine strategic delegation in a multiproduct mixed duopoly with nonprofit organization (NPO) and for‐profit organization (FPO). We will demonstrate that the nonprofitable mission service can reduce both the interest conflicts between the NPO and FPO owners and those between the NPO owner...

In this paper we develop a model to examine the effect of information technology (IT) in the banking industry. IT can reduce operational cost and create network externality. Empirical studies, however, have shown inconsistency, the so-called Solow paradox, which we explain by stressing the...

We examine the relation between firms' financial structures and their risky investment strategies in Taiwan's banking industry. Regressions cover two subperiods: before the first financial reform (1996-2000) and after the first financial reform (2001-2006), to address the impacts of the first...