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CONTENTS EDITORIALBOARD ix LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS xi INVITEDREFEREES xv PARTI:MAINPAPERS THEMARKETPERCEPTIONOFCORPORATECLAIMS QiangCheng,PeterFrischmannandTerryWarfield 3 ANANALYSISOFTHEACCOUNTINGPROFESSION’S OLIGARCHY:THEAUDITINGSTANDARDSBOARD JohnE.McEnroeandMarshallK.Pitman 29 THEORIGINSOFTHESEC’SPOSITIONONAUDITOR INDEPENDENCEANDMANAGEMENTRESPONSIBILITY FORFINANCIALREPORTS NathanFelker 45 AUDITORLIABILITY:AREVIEWOFRECENTCASES INVOLVINGGENERALLYACCEPTEDACCOUNTING PRINCIPLESANDGENERALLYACCEPTEDAUDITING STANDARDS ScotP.Gormley,ThomasM.PorcanoandWayneStaton 61 PROFESSIONALREGULATIONANDLABORMARKET OUTCOMESFORACCOUNTANTS:EVIDENCEFROMTHE CURRENTPOPULATIONSURVEY,1984–2000 JamesSchaeferandMichaelZimmer 87 v vi THEECONOMICTHEORYOFREGULATIONANDSUNSET REVIEWSOFPUBLICACCOUNTANCYLAWS:THEROLE OFPOLITICALIDEOLOGY GaryColbertandDennisMurray 105 THEIMPACTOFSTATEMENTOFFINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGSTANDARDNUMBER123ONEQUITY PRICESOFCOMPUTERSOFTWARECOMPANIES MarkMyring,RebeccaToppeShortridgeandRobertBloom 121 GAAP:AREGULATORYTOOLTOMANAGEHEALTHCARE MarkHoltzmanandOlgaAverin 145 PARTII:RESEARCHREPORTS IMPROVINGAUDITORINDEPENDENCE–THEPRINCIPLES VS.STANDARDSDEBATE:SOMEEVIDENCEABOUTTHE EFFECTSOFTYPEANDPROVIDEROFNON-AUDIT SERVICESONPROFESSIONALINVESTOR’SJUDGMENTS ElaineG.Mauldin 159 THEASSOCIATIONBETWEENAUDITORINDUSTRY SPECIALIZATIONANDEARNINGSMANAGEMENT UmaVelury 171 CONCURRINGPARTNERREVIEW:DOESINVOLVEMENT INAUDITPLANNINGAFFECTOBJECTIVITY? ArnoldSchneider,BryanK.ChurchandRobertJ.Ramsay 185 LOCALGOVERNMENTAUDITPROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS,AUDITEFFORT,ANDAUDITFEES LaurenceE.Johnson,RobertJ.Freeman andStephenP.Davies 197 ANEXPERIMENTALEXAMINATIONOFTHEPEER REVIEWPROCESS JeffL.Payne 209 vii DEREGULATIONOFTHEPRIVATECORPORATIONAUDIT INCANADA:JUSTIFICATION,LOBBYINGAND OUTCOMES MorinaRennie,DavidSenkow,RichardRennie andJonathanWong 227 SFAS95CASHFLOWINFORMATIONANDSECURITIES VALUATION SulaimanA.Alaraini,JoanneP.Healyand RayG.Stephens 243 PARTIII:PERSPECTIVES ALONGFALLFROMGRACE DavidMosso 259 REMARKSOFDONALDJ.KIRK:INDEPENDENCE,AUDIT EFFECTIVENESSANDFRAUDULENTFINANCIAL REPORTING DonaldJ.Kirk 265 THE“INFORMATIONRIGHT”ANDTHECPAPROFESSION GaryJ.Previts 275 PARTIV:BOOKREVIEWS PROFORMABEFOREANDAFTERTHESEC’SWARNING: AQUANTIFICATIONOFREPORTINGVARIANCESFROM GAAP ByWandaWallace ReviewedbyJuliaGrant 281 THEVALUEREPORTINGTM REVOLUTION:MOVING BEYONDTHEEARNINGSGAME ByRobertG.Eccles,RobertH.Herz,E.MaryKeegan, andDavidM.H.Phillips ReviewedbyKevinCarduff 285 viii CREATINGSHAREHOLDERVALUE ByAlfredRappaport ReviewedbyGarenMarkarian 289 EXPECTATIONSINVESTING ByAlfredRappaportandMichaelJ.Mauboussin ReviewedbyEvelynA.McDowell 293 UNDERSTANDINGAUDITOR-CLIENTRELATIONSHIPS: AMULTI-FACETEDANALYSIS ByGaryKleinmanandDanPalmon ReviewedbyReedA.Roig 297 EDITOR AssistantEditor GaryJohnPrevits NandiniChandar WeatherheadSchoolofManagement RutgersUniversity DepartmentofAccountancy CaseWesternReserveUniversity AssociateEditor BookReviewEditor ThomasR.Robinson LarryM.Parker UniversityofMiami,Florida CaseWesternReserveUniversity EDITORIALBOARD AndrewBailey WilliamHolder UniversityofIllinois– UniversityofSouthern Urbana-Champaign California DennisR.Beresford DanielJensen UniversityofGeorgia TheOhioStateUniversity PeterBible DavidL.Lansittel,CPA GeneralMotorsCorporation Winnetka,Illinois JacobBirnberg DonaldL.Neebes UniversityofPittsburgh Ernst&Young,LLP MichaelP.Bohan HiroshiF.Okano Consultant,Cleveland,Ohio OsakaCityUniversity,Japan PaulBrown PaulA.Pacter NewYorkUniversity DeloitteToucheTohmatsu, GraemeW.Dean HongKong UniversityofSydney, JamesM.Patton Australia FederalAccountingStandards J.R.Edwards AdvisoryBoard CardiffUniversity WilliamJ.L.Swirsky TimothyFogarty CanadianInstituteofChartered CaseWesternReserveUniversity Accountants ix
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