Gal-Or, Ronen; Hoitash, Rani; Hoitash, Udi - 2022
. We find that in industries with more complex accounting, clients of M&A expert auditors are less likely to experience M …&A-related misstatements. In industries with less complex accounting, M&A experts pass audit fee savings to their clients during acquisition …, but only in industries with complex accounting. Overall, our results suggest that firms with an acquisitive strategy that …