The main objective of this study was to analyze the pattern of accounting events that signals error in audited financial statements and resulted in restatement in Brazil during the periods of 2000-2009. The study which is characterized as interpretative, borrows a leaf from the contexts studied...

This study examines the effect of audit committee connectedness through director networks on financial reporting quality, specifically the misstatement of annual financial statements. Using network analysis, we examine multiple dimensions of connectedness and find that, after controlling for...

This paper analyzes whether audit adjustments vary systematically with inherent and control risk factors. The analysis is based on proprietary data from a large recent sample of audit adjustments detected in the financial statement audits conducted by a Big 4 audit firm in Germany. We extend the...

This paper examines whether engagement auditors have a distinguishable effect on clients' financial statement comparability, incremental to the effect of the audit firms and offices. Our basic premise is that each individual auditor has a unique style of interpreting and implementing accounting...

This study examines the effect of audit committee attributes on the incidence of annual financial restatement. A sample of 96 firms (66 of which were restatement firms) was examined for the period 2008 to 2017 and controlled for firm size. Using a logit model regression analyses were carried out...

Limited availability of human capital data on the internal audit function (IAF) has constrained research on this topic. This study overcomes certain data limitations by using LinkedIn data from Revelio Labs. Using longitudinal data on individual IAF employees, we document that IAF experience,...

Research in information economics seeks to understand how the actions of one individual affect the decisions of related individuals. We examine this issue in the context of information contagion between audit offices in the same locality. Specifically, we investigate whether contagion among Big...

Theory from organizations and economics research posits that in an inter-organizational relationship, both parties invest in relationship-specific knowledge, which in turn facilitates the effectiveness of the relationship while strengthening the attachment between the parties. In complex...

In light of the growing importance of internal audit functions (IAF) and the limited archival evidence on internal audit quality, we examine an interactive model of IAF quality (comprised of competence and independence) to better understand the determinants of IAF effectiveness as financial...

We examine the costs and benefits of proactive financial reporting enforcement by the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel. Enforcement scrutiny is selective and varies by sector and over time, yet can be anticipated by auditors and companies. We find evidence that increased enforcement intensity...