This research aims to find the tendency fiscal illusion’s existence in regencies/cities of South Sumatera Province during the period 2012 – 2018. In addition to detecting fiscal illusions, the study aims to determine the factors that explain the estimated value of detected fiscal illusions. To detect fiscal illusions, the study uses 3 approaches divided into 3 models, namely revenue enhancement, expenditure manipulations, and debt utilization. The sample of this research is 15 regencies/cities in South Sumatra Province. The analytical method used is panel data regression. The results of this study show that there was a fiscal illusion detected in regencies/cities of South Sumatera Province in the 2012-2018 period through the expenditure manipulation approach. Besides that, the test results also show that all variables in the expenditure manipulation approach affect and are able to explain the detected fiscal illusion.

The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the financial performance of textile and garment export enterprises in Vietnam. We conducted an analysis on 396 textile and garment enterprises exporting in Vietnam and the results show that CSR had a positive impact on financial performance through a positive impact on corporate reputation, a positive impact on employee commitment and positive impact on government support. Since then, corporate reputation, employee commitment and government support also had a strong positive impact on the financial performance of these export textile enterprises. Finally, based on the results of testing the research hypotheses, we propose solutions for Vietnam textile enterprises in general, export textile enterprises in particular and recommend solutions for Government to support businesses to implement CSR more effectively, ensuring sustainable development for the economy.

This article analyzes the impact of macroeconomic and bank-specific factors affecting the profitability of Vietnam banks, which is an emerging economy with the banking industry considered to be young but plays a very important role for the development of the economy. The study data was collected during the period of 2013-2018. The Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) is used to estimate the study model to ensure that the results obtained are of high confidence. The study results show that the bank profitability was positively affected by macroeconomic (such as economic growth and inflation) and bank-specific factors (such as bank capital, bank size, and liquidity risk), which is an interesting finding in Vietnam. The results of this study are important for bank managers and researchers.

We examine the impact of the firm’s life-cycle on board composition of Vietnam's listed firms. The data is balanced and covered over the period 2012-2018 for 442 Vietnam listed firms. We use a fixed-effects regressions analysis to examine the effect of a firm's life-cycle (Lifecycle), and dummy variables of firm's life-cycle (Growth, Mature, Decline) on the board composition (board size, board independence, CEO duality). Our findings show the board composition of Vietnam’s listed firms tends to decrease with the firm's life-cycle. Therefore, the firms need to adjust board composition to a proper level promptly to improve their competitiveness, and consider the supervisory function of the board members is not enough positive in the life-cycle of the firms.

This study was conducted to investigate the determinants affecting the quality of audit services in Vietnam, from the perspective of auditing clients – the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) clients. Based on the adjustments of SERVQUAL model, the article has discovered five out of six factors that positively affect audit service quality of historical financial statements at FDI enterprises in Vietnam, namely: tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and non-audit services. Data used in the study was collected from 250 accountants and directors at FDI enterprises in Vietnam. The Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Linear regression model were used to identify the factors that affect the quality of audit services. Findings from empirical research are the basis for recommendations for audit firms to enhance the quality of audit services in Vietnam.

Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to contribute to Vietnam's limited development resources is an objective and indispensable activity. In fact, the investment attraction activities have gained many important achievements in stimulating economic development, curbing inflation and creating jobs. Nevertheless, in many prior studies, there were less discussion on the important role of political factors in the relationship with FDI attraction in Vietnam. Therefore, this study aims to explore that relationship through three variables such as the transparency, the similarity in political characters, and business policies. The findings show the significant effects of those studied factors on the FDI attraction within Vietnam context.

The yield curve is the building block of fair value in pricing bonds. It has been used by market participants for their asset valuations, Central Bank and Government’s Treasury for monetary, interest rate and borrowing decisions. The official yield curve construction in Indonesia government bond is based on Svensson model which is widely accepted and used by several countries. The objective is to find more accurate fair price from yield curve as the alternative of IBPA government bond curve as the baseline. This research takes observation on three alternative yield curve models in comparison with the baseline Svensson Model to price several series of benchmark and non-benchmark bonds. Fair price is further tested with One-Way ANOVA and Post Hoc in order to find the significance between models. The results show that alternative models are performing better in determining the fair value prices of the government bonds compared to the baseline model.

The purpose of this study is to examine the auditor's dysfunctional behavior mediating the influence of Machiavellian characteristic and time budget pressure on audit behavior. This study took a sample of all auditors at the Public Accountant Office (KAP) of the Province of Bali. Determination of the sample was accomplished based on the nonprobability sampling method with saturated sample technique. The research sample was 94 auditors and questionnaires were distributed among them and managed to collect 65 questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using the path analysis model. The results show the auditor's dysfunctional behavior fully mediated the influence of Machiavellian traits on audit quality, while the auditor's dysfunctional behavior mediated the partial effect of time budget pressure on audit quality. The results of this study can be considered for auditors and input for IAPI in improving audit quality by suppressing and avoiding the auditor's dysfunctional behavior due to the influence of Machiavellian characteristic and time budget pressure.

The study aims to analyze the effect of current ratio (CR), return on equity (ROE), net profit margin (NPM), total asset turnover (TATO) and debt to asset ratio (DAR) on firms’ value. The sample of the research is the 4 cable sub-sector companies from the manufacturing industry which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2014-2018 period and they are analyzed using panel data regression method. Empirical findings of the study indicate that ROE had a negative influence on firm value, while NPM, TATO, and DAR had positive effects on firm value. However, the CR ratio had no effect on firm value. Taken together all financial performance variables affect the value of the company. The results of the study have implications that the value of the company can be improved if the company still maintains a balanced capital structure between debt and equity, provided that debt is used to finance assets that are productive and efficient so that they can generate profits.

This study investigates the association between Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) and firm performance of energy industry in Saudi Arabia, from 2013-2019. The sample comprises of 21 firm-year observations. The Pooled OLS Regression results indicate that DIO was negatively associated with firm performance. The results of this study are important for energy companies’ managements in Saudi Arabia in making decisions related to managing their inventories. Further, the results of this study can be used for future research to gain a deeper understanding of the issues of inventory management and firm performance.