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The Effects of Local Government GAAP Regulation on Audit Market Concentration, Auditor Specialization, and Audit Fees
… of financial statement disclosure regulation on auditor market concentration and audit fees. I compare auditor industry concentration rates between municipalities reporting under the Single Audit Act in the state of Michigan, which requires all local governments to follow GAAP reporting, with …
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The effect of transition to renewable energy on stakeholders of energy companies: analyses of energy companies' financial and non-financial performance indices
… financial, environmental, social performance, and audit fees indicators. The study was conducted on 256 energy companies sampled across the globe for the period 2006 to 2018. The data comprises metrics from the World Bank database, and other indicators are from the annual reports of energy …
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Audit Pricing and Strategic Group Analysis in the Public Accounting Industry
… 2011 to examine the industry's strategic groups and pricing decisions in light of considerable economic forces in a changing environment. I draw upon the theory of strategic groups (Hunt 1972; Caves and Porter 1977; Porter 1980) to distinctly identify strategic groups within the public accounting …
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Voluntary Adoption of Internal Audit by NASDAQ Firms and its Impact on Financial Reporting
<p>While regulators recognize internal audit as an important governance function, the recent rejection by managers of NASDAQ firms of a proposal that would require NASDAQ listed firms to have an internal audit function indicates that management may not have the same regard for internal audit and …
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Does Industry-level Information Affect Auditors’ Assessment of Client-level Risk?
<p>This study investigates auditors’ consideration of industry-level information in their assessment of client-level risk. Auditing standards suggest that industry-level information is likely to be important in the assessment of client-level risk, but the standards provide few specifics about how …
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AUDITING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: THE ROLE OF CLIENT GENDER IN AUDIT NEGOTIATIONS
<p>Client characteristics, one antecedent to auditor judgments (Hurtt, et al. 2013), have considerable influence on auditor-client negotiations of proposed audit adjustments, and ultimately audit quality. Client gender is one specific characteristic that has received recent attention for its …
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The determinants of audit fees: an analytical study
… investigates the factors affecting the level of audit fees paid by companies to their auditors. Firstly, all the likely factors thought to be affecting the level of audit fees were identified through a literature survey. These factors were classified into three groups i.e., size, complexity, and …
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FEES, GOING CONCERN OPINIONS AND AUDITOR DISMISSALS: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT
<p>Auditors issue going concern modified opinions when there is substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue its operations into the foreseeable future. Companies frequently respond to this type of audit opinion by changing auditors. Critics, such as the SEC, suggest that this may be …
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Private-Client Industry Specialization and Public-Client Audit Quality
This study examines whether auditor industry expertise in private clients influences audit quality of public client engagements in the United States. Private companies are significant to the U.S. economy as well as audit firms. I hand-collect auditors' private client information and construct a …