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firms. As a result, policymakers in many countries have an interest in considering the cost of additional regulation as well … this paper is to provide new estimates of the extent to which regulation and market concentration have contributed to … higher audit fees using a panel data approach. To accomplish this we use U.S. data from 2000 to 2010, a period that includes …
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Andersen’s exit from the already-concentrated market for auditing services is shown to have increased market concentration and audit fees. Changes in market concentration are found to be significantly related to changes in audit fees, suggesting that the structure-performance hypothesis is...
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Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The similarities and the major …
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Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The similarities and the major …
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Purpose – The implementation of compliance procedures associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 came at a great cost to most publicly-traded firms, largely due to the internal control disclosures required by Section 404 of the Act. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the inquiry...
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Cette étude examine l’impact de la divulgation publique des honoraires d’audit, exigée par COB, sur l’évaluation des honoraires d’audit des périodes suivantes. Notre modèle théorique prévoit que la publication des honoraires conduira à l’amélioration de la précision et à la...
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the effects of the French regulation aimed at promoting external auditor independence. For listed companies, the joint … engagement. Elsewhere, the a priori stronger independence associated with that specific regulation does not result in less … observations lead us to argue that a less constraining regulation of the audit market could benefit to the shareholders of French …
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This study investigates the impact of the COB’s mandated public disclosure of audit fees on subsequent period audit pricing. Our theoretical model predicts that the public disclosure of fees will lead to greater precision and reduced dispersion (less variance) in subsequent period fees. Using...
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Cet article s'appuie sur les travaux académiques des dix dernières années pour évaluer les effets de la réglementation française visant à accroître l'indépendance des auditeurs. Pour les sociétés cotées en bourse, l'obligation de recourir à deux auditeurs se solde notamment par une...
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Even though there is a worldwide consensus as to the necessity of an audit of annual financial statements for public companies, there is divergence of views as to the review of interim financial statements. While some jurisdictions make it mandatory (e.g., Australia, France, US), others allow...
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