Abstract

Do forms of state ownership and politically connected senior management affect the incidence of financial statement fraud? In this study, we consider these questions and provide new evidence as to the factors influencing fraud commission and detection for Chinese listed firms between 2007 and 2018. Six major types of financial statement fraud activities are identified. Using a bivariate probit model, developed to address partial observability concerns, we report state ownership lowers the likelihood of fraud detection, while increasing a firms’ propensity to commit fraud. In addition, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by local government are more likely to engage in fraud and escape regulatory punishments, relative to SOEs controlled by central government. The effect of politically connected senior management over fraud commission or regulatory detection is also diluted by the presence of state ownership. Moreover, the role of state ownership in encouraging fraud commissions and escaping from regulatory punishments is more pronounced for the local non-politically connected SOEs.

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