We investigate the determinants and consequences of budget reallocations—that is, corrective changes to the budget made during the year. Using proprietary data from a large consumer goods manufacturer, we analyze the extent to which initial budgeting decisions drive reallocations. Examining...

The accounting literature has recently transitioned from the focus on client- or audit firm-level characteristics and their relation with audit quality to the inclusion of audit partner and team effects in audit quality. We extend this literature by studying whether tacit knowledge is a relevant...

Despite the trend in investigating combinations of MC practices that form packages or systems, there is ambiguity about what is meant by a “control package” or “control system”. In this paper, we address questions related to MC as a package and as a system, both from a conceptual and...