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We examine changes in the association between auditor type (Big 4, Second-Tier, and Other non-Big 4) and perceived financial reporting credibility in the wake of events (e.g., Andersen's failure, the implementation of SOX, creation of the PCAOB, etc.) which led to significant growth in...
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We examine whether investors consider foreign component auditors when assessing the value of U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) using two sets of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) international regulatory events. We find investors react negatively when the PCAOB is denied...
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. Entry costs faced by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price …
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This paper evaluates the recent literature claiming that the US economy has generally become less competitive causing the US economy to perform poorly and that lax antitrust policy is one important reason for the decline in economic performance. Although there certainly are empirical facts...
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Motivated primarily by the claims that audit committee independence and accounting expertise and CEO compensation influence audit fees, this study examines the effect of such factors, on audit fees in two different institutional settings in the post-Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) era. The...
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This paper examines a life-cycle cost concept that applies to both manufacturing and service industries in which upfront capacity investments are essential. Borrowing from the energy literature, we refer to this cost measure as the levelized product cost (LC). Per unit of output, the levelized...
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The paper describes the accounting profession role in the framework of corporate and securities regulation as a tool to "control" directors & managers in the interest of investors. It delves in the relevance of auditor's independence, analyzing the crucial issues and moments that may put that...
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We study and contrast pricing and price evolution of online only (Dotcom) and online branch of multi-channel retailers … their shipping costs that eventually drive the overall average price of Dotcoms higher than that of OBMCRs. Price … dispersions of both types of retailers are persistent. The price dispersion of OBMCRs is higher than that of Dotcoms at the …
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