Purpose – The aim of the present paper is to examine the impact of agency costs on the demand for non-audit services (NAS) in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses data from German listed companies to test whether audit clients vary their purchases of NAS according to agency...

Purpose – The aim of the present paper is to examine the impact of agency costs on the demand for non‐audit services (NAS) in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses data from German listed companies to test whether audit clients vary their purchases of NAS according to...

Die Vereinbarkeit von Abschlussprüfung und Beratung wurde in den vergangenen Jahren infolge zahlreicher Unternehmenszusammenbrüche kontrovers diskutiert. Matthias Sattler analysiert neben der theoretischen Fundierung in einer empirischen Betrachtung kapitalmarktorientierter Unternehmen, ob die...