We examine determinants of audit engagement profitability using proprietary data from the national office of a Big 4 public accounting firm in Canada. We verify through interviews with senior audit partners that the audit realization rate is the primary measure used to assess engagement level...

We conduct two experiments to investigate how investors react to attributions accompanying management guidance. In our first experiment, we investigate the joint effect of attribution locus (external versus internal attribution) and guidance-news valence (positive versus negative guidance news)...

Finds that average audit managers judge notes written by outstanding subordinates (seniors) more favourably than those written by average seniors. Conducts a survey of 20 audit managers and 40 seniors from two of the Big 5 US auditors, in which each senior writes a memo on the key issues in a...

In Canada, public companies are currently making a transition from the use of Canadian accounting standards to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This shift is fuelled by two key promises: -That the international harmonization of accounting standards will result in comparable...

In this paper, we examine specific process gains and losses arising from the review process by considering the interaction between attributes of the preparer and attributes of the reviewer. Specifically, we investigate determinants of reviewers' performance in the presence of potential...

In this paper, we develop and test a conceptual model that posits how the timing of concessions made by an auditor to auditee management influences negotiation judgments. Our model hypothesizes that auditors' concession timing strategies influence financial officers' offers (given in the round...

We investigate factors that influence an auditor's accuracy in knowing how their subordinates, peers, and superiors view his/her own technical competence (metaperception). Extant literature on reputation management in auditing contexts depicts preparers of audit workpapers as strategic agents...

This paper discusses judgment and decision making research in auditing - i.e., research that uses a psychological lens to understand, evaluate, and improve judgments, decisions, or choices in an auditing setting. Much of this work uses the laboratory experiment approach, but we will also cover...