We use experimental markets to examine whether providing consulting services to a non‐audit client impacts audit quality. Our paper directly addresses concerns raised by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that the largest public accounting firms' growth in their consulting practices...

Consultative participation is a process where employees provide inputs but managers retain control over the final targets. According to the latest research in accounting, it has no influence on employee performance, and can even decrease employee motivation. This paper distinguishes between the...