...Indranil Bardhan; Shu Lin; Shu-Ling Wu SYNOPSIS Family firms represent a majority of businesses worldwide, and play a crucial role in the socio-economic development of both developed countries and emerging economies. We study the relationship between family firm characteristics and the quality...

...Fei Kang SYNOPSIS This study examines how family firms' unique ownership structure and agency problems affect their selection of industry-specialist auditors. Using data from Standard & Poor's (S&P) 1500 firms, the results show that family firms are more likely to appoint industry...

...Samer K. Khalil; Jeffrey R. Cohen; Gregory M. Trompeter SYNOPSIS This paper investigates whether the likelihood of auditor resignations and the associated stock market reaction in family firms is significantly different from that in non-family firms. It also examines whether the aforementioned...