We have studied E-business audit as a specialized service rendered in an information technology intensive environment. A service model is used to research the E-business audit context. Here auditing is viewed as a specialized technical service conducted in the context of E-business technologies,...

We study the effects of cross-listings on audit fees. We first develop a model in which legal environments play a crucial role in determining the auditor's legal liability. Our model and analysis predict that auditors charge higher fees for firms that are cross-listed in countries with stronger...

We examine whether internal auditing provides value to organizations by reducing risk. We compare the changes in risks between audited business units and matched non-audited units within the same company. This design allows us to isolate the importance of an internal audit while holding constant...

In this paper we provide evidence on specific factors that could affect audit quality under mandatory rotation, using data from Korea where mandatory auditor rotation was put into effect in 2006. We find no evidence supporting the “Brillo pad effect” (the argument that departing auditors...

We use a newly developed institutional investor distraction measure (Kempf, Manconi, & Spalt, 2016) to examine whether auditors charge higher audit fees and exert higher efforts when their clients' institutional investors temporarily reduce their monitoring activities. We find that audit fees...

Issues related to audit team personnel and the resultant effects on audit outcomes have not been investigated widely with archival data due to data unavailability. In this study, we examine whether and how increases in co-working experience between the lead and the concurring partners impact...

We examine the relation between low quality internal controls and audit fee premiums. Using a novel dataset of audit hours and audit fees we find, consistent with the audit risk model, that auditors increase their effort (hours) due to low internal control quality. We find that auditors also...

This study examines how disclosures impact lawyers' perceptions of independent auditors being sued for failure to detect fraud; specifically whether the auditor's opinion and disclosures required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 may be deemed to be red flags and deter litigation. A 3x1...