Although researchers commonly acknowledge that public-company audits should add value by improving the precision of financial information via reduced estimation errors, prior literature correctly notes that there is little direct archival evidence to support this assertion. Moreover, regulatory...

We examine how capital market investors perceive the shared-opinion audit report (SOAR). Using earnings response coefficients (ERCs) to proxy for investors' perceptions of audit quality, we observe negative earnings surprise when the SOAR is announced as compared to unqualified audit opinions....

An audit team includes engagement partners, CPAs, and staff. Among them, partners play a vital role in performing tasks that require expertise and experience, such as analyzing and understanding the industry, and supervising the overall audit process. In detail, the partners establish an audit...