KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt

Bin Li; Fangfang Han; Jiahe Liu

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Bin Li ¹ ^* , Fangfang Han ¹, Jiahe Liu ¹

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¹ School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology No.15 Bei-san-huan Dong-lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, P.R. China^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study examines the impact of audit opinions on the cost of debt based on accounting education and knowledge management theory. The empirical results of whole sample regression show that audit opinions are negatively correlated with the cost of debt and financial marketization weakens the effect of audit opinions on debt pricing. The subsample regression results of audit opinions indicate that financial marketization is negatively correlated with the cost of debt only in companies with modified audit opinions. This implies that audit opinions play a more important role in debt pricing compared to the financial marketization of companies’ localities.

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financial marketization
audit opinion
cost of debt
debt pricing

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2017, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4847-4856

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Li, B., Han, F., & Liu, J. (2017). KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), 4847-4856. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Li B, Han F, Liu J. KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8):4847-56. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Li B, Han F, Liu J. KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8), 4847-4856. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Li, Bin, Fangfang Han, and Jiahe Liu. "KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 8 (2017): 4847-4856. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Li, B., Han, F., and Liu, J. (2017). KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), pp. 4847-4856. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a

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Li, Bin et al. "KM Theory Applied in Accounting and Statistics Education: Case on the Cost of Debt". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 8, 2017, pp. 4847-4856. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00968a