Lenz, Hansrudi; Ostrowski, Markus - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 2 (2005) 3, pp. 300-320
This paper examines the auditor choices of all the IPOs of German firms between 1990 and 1999. The final sample consists of 306 firms. In the IPO context, audit quality can be used as a signal about firm value (information signalling). On the other hand, it can also be used by issuers and...