This paper explores approaches to measure the performance of the internal audit function. Based upon three proposed dimensions of formal internal audit performance - material performance, cost and risk - it uses competence research methodology to characterize and structure internal audit...

Our purpose in this paper is to analyse the profile of people involved in accounting standard-setting. The discussion develops three aspects : 1) the opposition between expert and representative standard-setters ; 2) the more and more significant participation of professional standard-setters ;...

Understanding and the interpretation of financial statements is an important factor for economic entities, for making the right decisions. Nowadays, more and more is noticed the general tendency of the harmonization of the Directive IV of the European Committee with International Financial...

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 is increasing in the riskiness of firms and in the amount of funding they seek. The model...

L'objet de ce papier est d'analyser le profil des hommes qui participent à l'élaboration des normes comptables. La discussion s'articule autour de trois points : 1) l'opposition entre experts et représentants ; 2) l'émergence de plus en plus marquée de professionnels de la normalisation ;...

It is often argued that certifiers have an incentive to offer inflated certificates, although they deny it. In this paper, we study a model in which a certifier is paid by sellers, and may offer them inflated certificates, but incurs costs if doing so. We find that the certifier may face a...

Tax uncertainty often negatively affects investment. Advance tax rulings (ATRs) are commonly used as a measure to provide tax certainty. Rulings are currently controversially discussed in the context of tax planning activities of multinational firms (Luxembourg Leaks). We analyze ATRs as tax...

Politicians and tax practitioners often claim that tax uncertainty negatively affects investment. In many countries, firms can request fee-based Advance Tax Rulings (ATRs) to mitigate tax uncertainty. We analyze theoretically the circumstances under which investors request ATRs, how tax...

We examine whether tax audit regimes become more efficient if (i) there are audited financial statements and (ii) tax auditors have access to the internal statutory audit report revealing information about statutory audit adjustments. Our analysis is based on a standard tax compliance game that...

This study examines how a strategic tax auditor affects a multinational firm's transfer pricing in an incomplete information tax compliance game. Our model uses a divisionalized firm, in both a low-tax and a high-tax country, that decides to implement a transfer-pricing regime with either one or...