This study examines companies that separated or integrated the tax and audit functions subsequent to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SARBOX). While the provision of tax services is not currently prohibited by SARBOX, some companies have separated these two functions. An examination of the...

This study examines whether auditor independence will be affected by the magnitude of audit and non-audit services fees provided to audit clients and political connections. We predict that auditor independence will be undermined when audit firms provide non-audit services to the audit clients as...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the pricing of audit fees in the Czech Republic, and the main emphasis is placed on the relation between audit and non-audit fees. The analysis is based on the annual reports of the listed companies on the Prague Stock Exchange on 31 December 2015. The...

We investigate the impact of three German audit market characteristics on audit and non-audit fees for the years 2005-2007. We find no relation between audit and non-audit fees, which suggests that audit and non-audit fee determination in Germany does not indicate any particular impairment of...

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between audit quality and cost of equity capital. This research argues that the higher the levels of audit quality, the lower the rate of return required by the investor. The cost of equity capital is measured by the price-earnings...

This study examines companies that separated or integrated the tax and audit functions subsequent to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SARBOX). While the provision of tax services is not currently prohibited by SARBOX, some companies have separated these two functions. An examination of the...

This study focuses on fees paid to auditors during a major accounting change associated with extra audit risk and work. Specifically, we analyse how a major accounting change from local GAAP to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) affects the audit and non-audit fees paid to...

This study empirically examines the supply side of the market for non-audit services. In particular, a model for the supply side of the market for non-audit services is developed. This model is then tested using audit and non-audit fee data from Fijian listed companies from the year 1980 to...