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This study aims to investigate the effect of various aspects of power on administrative control system implementation, i.e. the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of a local health insurance program, as well as on its organizational consequences in the form of accountability and efficiency. The sequential explanatory strategy of mixed methods research is then used. Data from 86 physicians of 7 local public hospitals in Bali Province collected through survey using self-report questionnaires at quantitative stage and the transcript of an interview process conducted on qualitative stage was analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) and descriptive statistical technique, respectively. The results show that external pressure in the form of legal requirements significantly influences this type of administrative control system implementation. Moreover, the implementation of administrative control system is also shown to have a positive impact on accountability, while accountability itself displays full mediating effect on the positive relationship between the implementation of administrative control systems and efficiency.

Scandals in auditing have deteriorated the credibility of the accounting profession. The low law enforcement and concentrated ownership structure in Indonesia (La Porta et al., 1999;Siregar, 2006) has led to lower auditor independence. This study uses social cognitive theory in modeling. Based on social cognitive theory, law enforcement influences auditor's concern to professional sanction. Then, the concern to professional sanction is cognitive which influence auditor's independence. The objectives of this research are to examine the effect of work context to the level of auditor's concern to professional sanction, the role of auditor's concern to professional sanction to his or her professionalism and independence. Based on scenario-based surveys in Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Denpasar, Yogyakarta, we received 186 usable questionnaires (83 questionnaires from auditors working in non-big four accounting firms and 103 questionnaires from auditors who work in big four firms). This study uses multiple regression analysis and independent sample test. This study found that work context did not influence the level of auditor's concern to professional sanction but auditor's concern to professional sanction influences his or her independence to the audited. Finally, this research provides evidence that professionalism and concern to professional sanction have substitution effect to auditor's independence.Intisari: Skandal dalam audit telah memburuk kredibilitas profesi akuntansi. Rendahnya penegakan hukum dan struktur kepemilikan yang terkonsentrasi di Indonesia (La Porta et al, 1999;Siregar, 2006) telah menyebabkan independensi auditor yang lebih rendah. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori kognitif sosial dalam pemodelan. Berdasarkan teori kognitif sosial, penegakan hukum mempengaruhi kepedulian auditor terhadap sanksi profesional. Kemudian, perhatian terhadap sanksi profesional adalah kognitif yang memengaruhi independensi auditor. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh konteks kerja terhadap tingkat 238 perhatian auditor terhadap sanksi profesional, peran perhatian auditor terhadap sanksi profesional terhadap profesionalisme dan kemandiriannya. Berdasarkan survei berbasis skenario di Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Denpasar, Yogyakarta, kami menerima 186 kuesioner yang memenuhi syarat (83 kuesioner dari auditor yang bekerja di kantor akuntan non big 4 dan 103 kuesioner dari auditor yang bekerja di 4 perusahaan besar). Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis regresi berganda dan uji sampel independen. Studi ini menemukan bahwa konteks kerja tidak mempengaruhi tingkat perhatian auditor terhadap sanksi profesional, tetapi perhatian auditor terhadap sanksi profesional mempengaruhi independensinya terhadap auditor yang diaudit. Akhirnya, penelitian ini memberikan bukti bahwa profesionalisme dan perhatian terhadap sanksi profesional memiliki efek substitusi terhadap independensi auditor.

The ex-dividend day returns are composed of the capital gains component and the dividends component. This study mainly examines the relationship between the 1997 abolition of the tax-credit and the ex-dividend day abnormal stock returns in the UK market (London Stock Exchange). The 1997 abolition of the tax credit on dividend effectively reduced the income of pension funds and other tax-exempt shareholders who had a strong preference for dividends. This study finds that the ex-day abnormal returns (AR) declined from +0.0580 percent during the pre-abolition periods to -0.1459 percent during the post-abolition periods. This decline is statistically significant with a t-value of 2.0431. From these results it would appear that the ex-dividend day AR changed following the 1997 abolition of tax credits on dividends. Moreover the comparison tests of ex-day drop-off ratios between pre-and post-abolition periods show that drop-off ratios for all dividend yield groups increased significantly from 0.519 in the pre-abolition periods to 0.574 over the post-abolition periods with a t-value of 2.183. Thus, the decrease on ex-day AR was further supported by a significant increase in the average price-drop to dividend ratios.The decline in the ex-day AR for the post-abolition periods seems to be driven primarily by quintile 5 (the highest dividend yield quintile). Quintile 5 exhibits strong dividend preference and this preference is likely caused  by the  imputation system that provides a tax advantage to the tax exempt shareholders. This finding appears to suggest that the highest dividend yield securities are likely to be held by tax-exempt investors such as pension funds that were affected by the abolition of the tax credits on dividend.