Agency theory suggests that minority shareholders in private firms are vulnerable to shareholder oppression, which necessitates shareholder protection. This paper investigates a form of shareholder protection, the special representative of minority shareholders, which is used in Finland and...

In this paper, we explore auditors' perceptions of goodwill accounting under IFRS with a survey of Finnish KHT-certified auditors in 2011. Exploratory factor analysis indicates that auditors are divided in two distinct groups: one group has a favorable attitude towards the IFRS procedures of...

This study contributes to the nascent literature on the economic consequences of critical audit matters (CAMs) by examining how tax-related CAMs (TaxCAM) are associated with a company’s tax risk and audit fees. We predict and find that if a company’s tax accounts involve a high degree of...