Private equity, disclosure quality, and audit quality

I study the influence of disclosure/audit quality on private equity funds’ investment decisions, and the relationship between private equity ownership and disclosure/audit quality. Using Preqin and FAME data, I find that PE funds are more likely to invest in firms with superior financial statement transparency (disclosure quality) and in firms that employ big 4 auditors (audit quality). Conversely, I find that PE ownership is associated with audit quality, but not for disclosure quality.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Sloan School of Management

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Baik, Brian (Brian Kunho)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Verdi, Rodrigo S.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright MIT

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• http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139947

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/139947