After the collapse of Arthur Andersen in 2002, the auditing profession has faced increasing
pressure from external parties to enhance and improve audit quality. These pressures led to …

We develop a measure to capture an audit firm's competitive position in a local audit market
based on the transaction costs of changing audit firms included in DeAngelo's (1981) multi …

This paper aims at investigating the effect of industry specialization on the audit quality and
earnings quality. It examines the relation between industry specialization and earnings …

This paper examines the effect of industry specialization in local markets on the quality of
audits provided by non-Big 4 auditors, and how the quality of audits provided by non-Big 4 …

The Delaware Supreme Court holds that when a sale of a firm becomes inevitable, the role
of the board of directors changes from" defenders of the corporate bastion to auctioneers …

Recent financial scandals had negatively affected public perceptions towards the quality of
auditing. Thus, this study aims to examine the determining factors of an audit quality. To fill in …

The market for audit services continues to be highly concentrated, raising concerns about
the potential for anti-competitive pricing and increasing the importance of precise estimates …

يهدف البحث الى قياس تأثير التخصص المهني لمدققي الحسابات في جودة التدقيق في شركات
التدقيق العراقية، فضلا عن قياس التخصص المهني في شركات التدقيق العراقية من خلال قياس …‎

The determinants of external audit quality evidence from manufacturing share companies of
Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Bethitina Leilina Addis Ababa University, 2015 Audit quality is a very …

This dissertation studies the choice of selling mechanism in friendly business combinations.
By exploiting informational complexities associated with corporate takeovers, I investigate if …