We investigated the benefits (more accurate valuations) obtained from the use of more specific measures, such as the use of specific price indexes, rather than a general price index, to approximate the current value of historical cost accounting numbers. We found the valuation accuracy function...

We conducted a field study of the process by which a company and prospective auditors court each other and enter an engagement. The Request-for-Proposal (RFP) process we observed had been triggered by an audit partner rotation and governed by recent legislation empowering the audit committee to...