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We investigate the influence of foreign institutional investors on firms' auditor choices in an international setting. Foreign institutional investors are likely to demand high-quality audits to mitigate the information asymmetry they face and facilitate their external monitoring when they...
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This study investigates the determinants of firms' decision to impair goodwill under IFRS. Our empirical analysis is based on data for the years 2005 to 2011 for 8,110 non-financial firm-years and 1,358 financial firm-years from 21 countries where firms apply IFRS. We specifically investigate...
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This study examines how and why the board of statutory auditors, an important accounting institution, has continued to operate from its establishment in 1882 until today, with little change in its nature and role. This is despite the fundamental changes that have occurred in the Italian social,...
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the firm's country of domicile has a positive impact on the likelihood of choice of a Big 4 audit firm. However, we also … find that increasing level of board ethics moderates the impact of board size on the likelihood of choice a Big 4 audit … the firm's country of domicile and financial reporting quality …
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the firm's country of domicile has a positive impact on the likelihood of choice of a Big 4 audit firm. However, we also … find that increasing level of board ethics moderates the impact of board size on the likelihood of choice a Big 4 audit … the firm's country of domicile and financial reporting quality …
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