Download or read book The Relationship Between Auditor Accuracy and Auditor Size written by Clive S. Lennox and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical results presented in this paper indicate that large auditors are more accurate than small auditors. DeAngelo (1981) has argued that large auditors have more incentive to maintain a reputation for accurate auditing because an audit failure may lead to a loss of rents due to auditor switching. In addition, Dye (1993) and Schwartz (1997) have shown that the depth of an auditor's pockets may be an important determinant of accuracy. The aim of this paper is to discriminate between these two explanations. In a deep pockets model, it is shown that large auditors may receive relatively more litigation despite having more incentive to issue accurate reports. This is consistent with evidence presented in this paper. On the other hand, the evidence does not indicate that auditors suffer losses of clients or lower fees as a result of criticism. These findings suggest that deep pockets rather than reputation help to explain the superior accuracy of large auditors.

Download or read book Auditor Size and the Accuracy of Audit Reports written by Clive S. Lennox and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing empirical research and results presented in this paper indicate that large auditors are more accurate than small auditors. Two explanations for this are examined. DeAngelo (1981) has argued that large auditors have a greater incentive to maintain a reputation for accurate auditing. More recently Dye (1995) and Schwartz (1997) have shown that the depth of an auditor's pockets may be an important determinant of auditing accuracy. The aim of this paper is to discriminate between these two explanations. I show that although large auditors are more accurate than small auditors, they also tend to receive relatively more litigation and criticism; moreover, criticised auditors do not appear to suffer losses of clients or lower fees. These findings indicate that reputation is not an important factor in determining auditor accuracy. In contrast to reputation theories, it is shown that a deep pockets model can explain why both accuracy and litigation are positively correlated with auditor size. In addition, the deep pockets model extends previous research on auditor choice by examining how the depth of an auditor's pockets affects the auditor hiring decision (Titman and Trueman 1986; Datar et al. 1991).

Download or read book The Effect of Audit Quality on the Relationship Between Audit Committee Effectiveness and Financial Reporting Quality written by Johanna Miettinen and published by University of Vaasa. This book was released on 2008 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiivistelmä: Tilintarkastuksen laadun vaikutus tarkastusvaliokunnan tehokkuuden ja taloudellisen tiedon laadun väliseen suhteeseen.

Download or read book Government Auditing Standards 2018 Revision written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audits provide essential accountability and transparency over government programs. Given the current challenges facing governments and their programs, the oversight provided through auditing is more critical than ever. Government auditing provides the objective analysis and information needed to make the decisions necessary to help create a better future. The professional standards presented in this 2018 revision of Government Auditing Standards (known as the Yellow Book) provide a framework for performing high-quality audit work with competence, integrity, objectivity, and independence to provide accountability and to help improve government operations and services. These standards, commonly referred to as generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), provide the foundation for government auditors to lead by example in the areas of independence, transparency, accountability, and quality through the audit process. This revision contains major changes from, and supersedes, the 2011 revision.

Download or read book Audit Guide written by AICPA and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered the industry-standard resource and updated as of March 1, 2014, the Audit Sampling Guide summarizes applicable requirements and practices, and delivers “how-to” advice to help auditors apply nonstatistical and statistical sampling. The guide includes case studies illustrating the use of different sampling methods, including classical variables sampling and monetary unit sampling, in real world situations. New in 2014, a detailed case study of the application of classical variables sampling with the use of software has been included as an appendix. The appendices also include sampling tables and similar tools, as well as other sampling considerations. Packed with information on sampling requirements and sampling methods, this Guide is an indispensable resource.

Download or read book Auditing Trust and Governance written by Reiner Quick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reputation of corporate reporting has been in crisis. Trust in the process of financial accounting and auditing has been undermined by a series of high profile scandals involving major corporations, including Enron, Parmalat, Ahold, and Worldcom. In response, regulators and practitioners world-wide have put forward a series of initiatives to re

Download or read book Audit Reporting for Going Concern Uncertainty written by Sandro Brunelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book employs a narrative analytical approach to explore all aspects of the debate surrounding auditor reporting on going concern uncertainty worldwide. In-depth analysis of significant academic studies and of regulatory perspectives is combined with an illuminating empirical study in the Italian context. The book opens by discussing the assessment of going concern for accounting and auditing purposes. It is examined how going concern is considered in the FASB and IASB accounting standards and how auditors in the PCAOB and IAASB environments should verify its presence in financial statements and report on it in the audit report. Accounting and auditing in relation to going concern in other jurisdictions are also addressed. Research into the determinants, accuracy, and consequences of going concern opinions (GCO) is then thoroughly reviewed, with separate examination of studies and trends in the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world. In the third part of the book, interesting evidence from the Italian Stock Market, including investor reactions to GCOs during the period 2008–2014, is presented and evaluated. The book will be of interest to academics, regulators, and practitioners alike.

Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.

Download or read book Audit Firm Industry Specialisation and Analyst Forecast Accuracy written by Yi Wu and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My thesis examines whether the extent to which audit firms concentrate their business in particular industries ('audit firm industry specialisation') improves the usefulness of published financial reports for analysts' predictions of future earnings, and whether the strength of any observed association varies in a manner consistent with the existence of a causal relationship between audit quality and analyst forecast accuracy. Prior research presents diametrically opposite predictions and results regarding the directional relationship between audit firm industry specialisation and analyst forecast accuracy. My thesis shows that the conflicting results in the literature arise largely from prior studies' focus on short-horizon (end-of-year) forecast accuracy, which is subject to competing effects related to audit quality, and which in turn renders the resulting empirical models highly sensitive to model specification. I argue that analyst long-horizon (beginning-of-year) forecast accuracy is a more direct measure of the usefulness of published earnings for the prediction of future performance, and demonstrate that regressions using this metric consistently report a significant positive relation between audit firm industry specialisation and forecast accuracy. I then examine whether the observed positive association between audit firm industry specialisation and forecast accuracy varies with factors argued to reflect the relative importance of audit quality to the predictability of earnings. First, I show that the impact of audit firm industry specialisation on forecast accuracy increases with the underlying riskiness of clients' operations (proxied by cash flow volatility and innate accrual quality). I then argue that audit firm industry specialisation should have a greater impact on the forecast accuracy of lower-quality analysts (where quality is proxied by experience, employer size, 'All-Star' status and composite measures), who rely relatively heavily on published earnings when generating forecasts. To this end, I present evidence that audit firm industry specialisation has a greater impact on forecast accuracy for: (1) firm-years where the average 'quality' of analysts covering the firm is lower, and (2) for forecasts issued by individual analysts of lower quality. My results are robust to the use of controls for the endogenous selection of industry specialist auditors. In sum, my study presents evidence that greater audit quality does improve the usefulness of financial statements for the prediction of future earnings.

Download or read book Wiley CPA Exam Review 2011 Auditing and Attestation written by Patrick R. Delaney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive four-volume set reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. With more than 3,800 multiple-choice questions over all four volumes, these guides provide everything a person needs to master the material.

Download or read book A Reexamination of Auditor Versus Model Accuracy Within the Context of the Going concern Opinion Decision written by William S. Hopwood and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Analysis of Auditors Going Concern Reporting Accuracy in Private Firms written by Kris Hardies and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accuracy of audit reports is often viewed as a signal for audit quality. Prior research shows that in the context of going-concern reporting in audit markets dominated by public firms, some auditors are more accurate than others (e.g., Big N firms). This study is the first large-scale study that investigates going-concern reporting accuracy in an audit market dominated by private firms. The threat of reputation and litigation costs incentivizes auditors to report accurately in markets dominated by public firms, but such incentives are largely absent in markets dominated by private firms. Hence, reporting accuracy in such markets might not vary across auditors. Our main analysis is based on a sample of 1,375 Belgian firms that ceased to exist within one year from the financial statement date. Our results show that the frequency of Type II misclassifications does not vary across auditor types (Big 4 vs. non-Big 4, audit firm and partner industry specialists vs. non-specialists, more experienced vs. less experienced, and female vs. male auditors). Overall, these results cast doubt on the existence of quality differences among auditors in audit markets dominated by private firms.

Download or read book Auditing and Society written by Wally Smieliauskas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auditing has become an essential component in market societies and the need for auditing skills has risen in line with globalization. This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the role of financial statement auditing in contemporary society, including the auditor’s role in evaluating the financial reporting of an auditee—a topic of central concern in the recent comprehensive review of the auditing profession in the Brydon Report (2019). The experienced authors provide insight into auditing research to help readers understand its function, regulation, and role in theory and practice. With focus on private sector financial statement auditing and its regulation, the book includes perspectives on social theory, history, and the importance of professional standards. The thought-provoking final chapter challenges students to consider the effectiveness of auditing in evaluating increasingly risky and complex accounting estimates involving assumptions about future events. A fundamental approach to auditing theory, this textbook will be useful reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students across business and accounting fields.

Download or read book U S Army Audit Agency Bulletin written by United States. Army and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hong Kong Auditing written by Ferdinard A. GUL and published by City University of HK Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years auditing has developed into a specialised function with complex ethical, legal and economic implications. The role of auditors in providing credibility is even more important in a society like Hong Kong, which relies heavily on its reputation as an international financial and business centre. The financial crises and accounting scandals reported in recent years, which led to economic meltdowns and massive loss in capital resources across the globe, highlights the vital role of auditors as gatekeepers and the importance of high quality auditing in ensuring corporate transparency and honest financial reporting. The third edition is thoroughly revised to take into account the new Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622, effective 2014) and Hong Kong Standards on Quality Control, Auditing, Assurance and Related Services (updated June 2014), and numerous developments of a full range of auditing topics since the previous edition, including: Auditors legal duties and liabilities Auditor quality Auditors ethical behaviour Corporate governance Statistical sampling Pitfalls in computerisation of accounting services Use of computer-assisted-audit-techniques (CAATs) Audit reporting Auditing standards Along with recent development of the profession and cutting-edge research findings, this book boldly draws on economic theories to explain aspects of auditing. Certain economic concepts that are applicable to all aspects of an audit are addressed for students and practitioners alike. By utilising graphics, tables and intriguing cases, this book will serve as a useful companion for accounting and legal practitioners. This is also a textbook for students preparing for university studies, practical training and professional accounting examinations. At the end of each chapter, there are dozens of exercises, cases and discussion questions for the benefits of teachers, students and life-long learners. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press 香港城市大學出版社出版

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Download or read book DCAA Contract Audit Manual written by United States. Defense Contract Audit Agency and published by . This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: