Accounting function hierarchies and financial reporting quality

• المؤلف الرئيسي: LI, Shuo
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• الموضوعات: organization structure; financial reporting quality; corporate accountants; internal control; internal information quality; Accounting
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/569; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1567/viewcontent/Thesis_Shuo_Submission_Apr06.pdf

I examine how the hierarchical structure of a firm’s accounting function influences its financial reporting quality. Using information from accounting employees’ online resumes to infer the hierarchical layers in a firm’s accounting function, I find that a firm with a more hierarchical accounting fu...