Professional Accountancy Organizations and Stock Market Development

This study investigates the relationship between the ethical, educational, and disciplinary development of professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) in a given country and the development of that country’s stock market. Using a comprehensive measure based on the responses of the major PAOs in 36...

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Authors: Huang, Hong (Author) ; Kong, Xiangting (Author) ; Tsang, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 157, Issue: 1, Pages: 231-260
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Oversight
B Education
B Economic Development
B financial reporting quality
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Summary:This study investigates the relationship between the ethical, educational, and disciplinary development of professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) in a given country and the development of that country’s stock market. Using a comprehensive measure based on the responses of the major PAOs in 36 countries to a questionnaire designed by the International Federation of Accountants to assess the development of PAOs internationally, we find a significantly positive association between the development of PAOs and stock market development. In addition, we find the positive association between the development of PAOs and stock market development to be more pronounced in countries with higher levels of investor protection, a stronger public enforcement environment, or lower levels of corruption, suggesting the importance of complementary institutions in the relationship between PAOs and stock market development. We also find that better-developed PAOs are associated with better-quality financial reporting. Finally, our result also shows that relative to the investigation and discipline mechanism and educational requirements imposed by PAOs, the ethical development of a country’s professional accountants appears to have the strongest positive association with a country’s stock market development.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3665-5