Scott, Winifred D.; Gist, Willie E. - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 153-186
We examine the effect of a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation of the audit client on audit cost. Ordinary least-squares models along with a match-paired design and publicly available auditor fees data are used to analyse the relation between an SEC investigation event and...