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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons 1–14.
Published: 14 September 2023
... client network benefit more from knowledge sharing in terms of improved audit quality. I further show that this effect only exists when similar clients in neighboring offices are larger in size and is more salient when there is a gap in expertise between the current auditing office and neighboring...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons 1–28.
Published: 08 September 2023
...Jorien L. Pruijssers; Ines Simac; Marleen Willekens SYNOPSIS We examine whether differences in HR systems among audit firms can affect client-level audit outcomes. Based on the audit quality framework of Knechel, Krishnan, Pevzner, Shefchik, and Velury (2013b) and the strategic HRM literature, we...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2023) 37 (3): 147–170.
Published: 01 September 2023
... is associated with audit quality. We document that a lower materiality threshold is associated with higher audit quality, as measured by lower absolute discretionary accruals, higher accruals quality, and a lower propensity to just meet or beat analysts’ earnings expectations. We also find some evidence...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2023) 37 (3): 59–77.
Published: 01 September 2023
...Bryan G. Brockbank; Chuong Do; Bradley P. Lawson SYNOPSIS Audit market concentration remains a concern due to its potential impact on audit quality. We examine whether audit market concentration influences properties of analysts’ forecasts. We find that analyst forecasts are more accurate and less...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2023) 37 (3): 79–101.
Published: 01 September 2023
... examine whether frequent auditor switching impacts audit outcomes. We find that more frequent auditor switching is associated with lower audit quality, but that this effect is mitigated in the presence of higher internal and external monitoring. We also find that frequently switching companies have lower...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2023) 37 (2): 161–187.
Published: 01 June 2023
... to the continued debate over effective market expansion of financial statement audit providers, audit quality determinants, and audit efficiencies. JEL Classifications: M4; M40; M41; M42; M49. We would like to thank Gopal V. Krishnan (editor), two anonymous reviewers, Marc Eulerich, Burch Kealey, Linda...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (4): 189–218.
Published: 01 December 2022
... advantages as their market share grows in the industry (cost minimization strategy), but are susceptible to clients with bargaining power demanding a portion of the cost savings ( Mayhew and Wilkins 2003 ). initial public offering auditor specialization audit fees underpricing audit quality...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (3): 103–126.
Published: 01 September 2022
...Ku He; Xiaofei Pan; Gary Gang Tian; Yanling Wu; Chun Cai SYNOPSIS In this study, we propose a reciprocal rent-seeking game between politicians and individual auditors with political connections and examine how these auditors' political connections influence their audit quality. Using hand...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (2): 95–121.
Published: 01 June 2022
... diversity is an office-level characteristic that is distinguishable from other characteristics studied in the prior auditing literature and that has an incremental effect on audit quality. I find a positive association between team diversity and audit quality that is robust to controlling for other audit...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (2): 143–165.
Published: 01 June 2022
...Aleksandra B. Zimmerman; Amirali Moeini Chaghervand; R. Drew Sellers; Timothy J. Fogarty SYNOPSIS This study investigates accounting firm office acquisitions. It explores whether office acquisitions affect post-acquisition office audit quality, particularly whether there is a spillover effect...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (2): 19–45.
Published: 01 June 2022
... pressures negatively impact audit quality in the U.S. These findings provide further insight on the impact of engagement partner disclosure for audit quality. JEL Classifications: M41; M42. Recent research characterizes restatements as the most common, publicly observable indicator of poor audit...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (1): 111–130.
Published: 01 March 2022
..., suggesting that Big N auditors are more responsive to risks captured by EMR. Additional analyses reveal that companies switching auditors when EMR increases are more likely to engage non-Big N auditors. Surprisingly, we find little evidence that the association between audit quality and EMR differs...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2022) 36 (1): 49–75.
Published: 01 March 2022
...Jimmy F. Downes; Michelle A Draeger; Abbie E. Sadler SYNOPSIS We investigate whether audit committees use voluntary disclosures to signal the committees' higher level of involvement in the audit partner-selection process, which contributes to higher levels of audit quality. Audit committees more...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2021) 35 (3): 47–68.
Published: 01 September 2021
...Brian Ballou; Jonathan H. Grenier; Andrew Reffett SYNOPSIS Public accounting firms have developed reliable substantive tests using data and analytics based procedures to improve audit quality and efficiency. However, firms need to convince audit stakeholders that relying on data and analytics...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2021) 35 (2): 27–55.
Published: 01 June 2021
...Scott N. Bronson; Adi Masli; Joseph H. Schroeder SYNOPSIS This study examines the effect of audit completeness at the annual earnings announcement date on audit quality and auditor/client retention decisions. The vast majority of companies now release earnings before the year-end audit is complete...
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Investor Perceptions of Government Deregulation: Evidence from Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2021) 35 (2): 57–81.
Published: 01 June 2021
... Krishnan, under the Senior Editorship of Teri Lombardi Yohn. 1 9 2017 1 9 2020 regulation internal control effectiveness financial reporting quality audit quality During periods of U.S. political regime change, government regulation of business often changes. For example...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2021) 35 (2): 167–192.
Published: 01 June 2021
...Yamin Zeng; Joseph H. Zhang; Junsheng Zhang; Mengyu Zhang SYNOPSIS Using Chinese data of key audit matters (KAM) reports, this study assesses whether the KAM rule improves audit quality and how KAM disclosures relate to audit quality. With textual analysis, we evaluate disclosure characteristics...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2021) 35 (2): 193–217.
Published: 01 June 2021
... of experience when they are employed by small audit firms but find no evidence of a fee premium for Big 4 experience at the second-tier audit firms. Furthermore, in additional analyses, we do not find strong, consistent evidence that audit quality is higher for clients of non-Big 4 audit partners with Big 4...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2020) 34 (3): 169–191.
Published: 01 September 2020
... a dramatic resurgence and growth. Regulators have taken notice of, and expressed concern over, this renewed focus on consulting. The accounting firms claim that such services enhance audit quality, mainly due to the prominent role of non-accounting specialists in today's external audit function. This study...
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Accounting Horizons
Accounting Horizons (2020) 34 (3): 153–167.
Published: 01 September 2020
... guidance on practical methods that auditors can employ to increase the likelihood of fraud disclosure and improve audit quality. Drawing upon best practices in the whistleblowing literature and psychological theories on self-regulation, we experimentally test the efficacy of two practical strategies...
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