This study draws on both audit quality and trust theories to examine the effects of financial restatements on the auditor-client trust relationship, as evidenced by changes in audit fees of the auditor's other non-restating office-level clients in the year following the restatement announcement....

This study examines the effects of auditors' supply-chain knowledge spillover on audit pricing. Analyzing data from audit analytics for the period from 2003-2009, we find that an auditor with supply-chain knowledge offers reduced audit fees. Specifically, the auditor with joint...

The critical global role of audit firms, combined with the scarcity of qualified staff and downward pressure on fees, has increased the importance of understanding efficiency in this industry. This paper examines the technical and allocative inefficiencies of audit firm staffing using data from...