Politicians and tax practitioners often claim that tax uncertainty negatively affects investment. In many countries, firms can request fee-based Advance Tax Rulings (ATRs) to mitigate tax uncertainty. We analyze theoretically the circumstances under which investors request ATRs, how tax...

We investigate the effect of auditor litigation risk on firm-level investment. Exploiting the staggered increase in third-party auditor legal liability in US states as an exogenous shock, we find that increased risk of auditor litigation leads to an increase in corporate investments. This effect...

We investigate the impact of climate policy uncertainty on corporate financing decisions using news-based measures of climate policy uncertainty. We find that an increase in climate policy uncertainty causes firms to reduce leverage. This effect is more pronounced for firms that are financially...

We examine the effect of auditor litigation risk on firm capital structure decisions by exploiting staggered state-level shocks to third-party auditor legal liability in the United States. We find that an exogenous increase in auditor litigation risk leads to an increase in firm leverage ratios...

The possibility to choose between two alternative corporate governance systems (i. e. one-tier and two-tier board) was introduced in Italy by the Corporate Law Reform at the beginning of 2004. This reform, which provides for the adoption of a one- or a two-tier board for both listed and unlisted...

This study explores whether a firm’s auditor choice affects its ability to access foreign equity capital. Using the equity holdings of 35,665 foreign mutual funds from 30 countries for the period 1998–2009, we find evidence that appointing a Big 4 auditor is associated with the increased...

The audit market's unique combination of features-its role in capital market transparency, mandated demand, and concentrated supply-means it receives considerable attention from policymakers. We explore the effects of two market scenarios that have been the focus of policy discussions: a)...

In the studying of the specifics of the statistical evaluation in the frames of dichotomic audit check the attention is drawn to the dominating interest in the upper limit of confidentiality, the expected strong asymmetry of the distribution of the frequency of the irregular entities and the...

We consider a setting in which insiders have information about income that outside shareholders do not, but property rights ensure that outside shareholders can enforce a fair payout. To avoid intervention, insiders report income consistent with outsiders' expectations based on publicly...

The financial crisis drew attention to the crucial role of transparency and the independence of financial certification intermediaries, in particular, statutory auditors. Now any anticompetitive practice involving coordinated increases in prices or concomitant changes in quality that impacts...