Although researches have extensively studied the relationship between audit quality and financial reporting, little has been said about the consequences to auditors of financial reporting failure in terms of impairment of the audit information role. Based in Taiwan’s unique setting, we...

We examine client stock market reaction to news of PCAOB sanctions imposed upon Deloitte and Touche, LLP - the first against a Big 4 auditor. The PCAOB Order against Deloitte contains three potentially value relevant pieces of information. First, it shows that Deloitte did not conduct a quality...

In the modern literature, the audit opinion is defined as a certificate that accompanies the financial statements of companies.The audit opinion is important because it provides an answer as to whether companies' financial statements are free from material misstatement.Although in the Republic...

This paper examines the association between abnormally long audit report lag and future stock price crash. Audit report lag is defined as the period between a company's fiscal year end and the audit report date, and is informative about audit efficiency. Although a substantial body of literature...

We investigate the impact of the initiations of national audit inspection programs on firm-specific stock crash risk in 38 countries worldwide. The staggered commencement of the inspection regimes in different countries allows us to identify the causal effect of audit quality on crash risk. We...

This study examines whether the term of the auditor-client relationship (i.e., auditor tenure) is associated with future stock price crash risk measured both ex ante and ex post. Using a large sample of U.S. public firms with Big Four auditors, we find robust evidence that auditor tenure is...

We investigate the association between audit partner industry specialization and future stock price crash risk. Although research on audit partners has been growing, we are not aware of any prior studies that investigate partner-level specialization and crash risk. Using a large sample of...

As part of its efforts to improve the informational value of the standard audit report, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed a new auditing standard that would require the auditor to report critical audit matters (CAMs) in the body of the audit report. The proposal met...

We investigate the effects of engagement auditor industry specialization on stock price crash risk. Although research on audit partners has been growing, we are not aware of any prior studies that investigate partner-level specialization and crash risk. Using a large sample of Chinese stocks...

This paper examines the association between abnormally long audit report lag and future stock price crash. Audit report lag is defined as the period between a company's fiscal year end and the audit report date, and is informative about audit efficiency. Although a substantial body of literature...