Auditor Industry Specialization And Evidence Of Cost Efficiencies In Homogenous Industries
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Auditor Industry Specialization And Evidence Of Cost Efficiencies In Homogenous Industries
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Author : Kenneth L. Bills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Auditor Industry Specialization And Evidence Of Cost Efficiencies In Homogenous Industries written by Kenneth L. Bills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
This study examines the audit pricing effects when auditors specialize in industries conducive to transferable audit processes. Our results indicate that specialists charge incrementally lower audit fees in industries with homogenous operations and in industries with both homogenous operations and complex accounting practices. Moreover, we discover that audit quality is no lower for clients audited by these specialists offering fee discounts, consistent with our conclusion that the reduction in fees indicates cost efficiencies rather than lower quality audits. Our results are somewhat surprising given they suggest auditors pass along cost savings to the client in certain settings. However, further analysis indicates that the shared economies of scale only occur in a subsample of client firms with relatively high bargaining power. When considered in conjunction with prior research using a survivorship approach, our results indicate that certain industries lend themselves to specialization because auditors generate cost-based competitive advantages without compromising service quality.
Auditor Specialization Auditor Dominance And Audit Fees
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Author : Steven F. Cahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Auditor Specialization Auditor Dominance And Audit Fees written by Steven F. Cahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
A report issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in 2003 identified auditors' industry expertise as a critical factor for firms choosing an auditor, and highlighted the rather extreme levels of auditor concentration in some industries. We posit that the investment opportunity set (IOS) plays a fundamental role in determining whether an industry is an attractive target for auditor specialization. When industry-specific IOS is high, specialist auditors make costly investments in industry-specific knowledge, allowing them to offer a differentiated product and to create entry barriers for other audit firms. When the IOS of firms within an industry is relatively homogeneous, auditors can transfer such knowledge across clients in the industry more easily, resulting in cost savings and scale economies. However, greater homogeneity of IOS in an industry can also increase a client's aversion to sharing an auditor with its competitors because of concerns about transfers of proprietary information, suggesting that industries with relatively homogeneous IOS are less likely to be dominated by a single auditor. We show that auditor concentration in an industry relates positively to both the level and homogeneity of IOS in the industry, while auditor dominance relates negatively to industry IOS homogeneity. Further, we examine the effects of industry IOS on audit pricing.
Audit Industry Specialization
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Author : Keith A. Houghton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Audit Industry Specialization written by Keith A. Houghton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Auditing categories.
While auditing literature has investigated the main effect of auditor industry specialization on audit fees and planning decisions, the underlying processes explaining differential pricing between specialists and other auditors are largely unexplored. This study seeks to fill a portion of this gap by examining the interaction between auditor industry specialization and auditee risk. Using data derived from a sample of public sector audits, this study examines distinctions in how different auditors price risk. Building upon the differentiation between "premium" and "discount" specialists investigated in Houghton, Dolley, Jubb and Monroe (2000) and possibly found in DeFond, Francis and Wong (2000), the results of this study demonstrate that, in response to increased auditee risk, premium specialists price risk relatively less than other auditors. In contrast, discount specialists increase fees relatively more than other auditors. These results may reflect differences in the skill sets and work processes that underlie specialization for these two specialist sub-groups. The results are also consistent with increased competencies of premium specialist auditors in the audit of risky clients.
Industry Specialization By Auditors
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Author : Chris E. Hogan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Industry Specialization By Auditors written by Chris E. Hogan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Dramatic changes in recent years in the audit market suggest the timeliness of an investigation of trends in auditor concentration and an extension of prior research (e.g., Danos and Eichenseher 1982). In recent press, large audit firms have claimed that specialization is a goal of increasing importance. Peat Marwick, for example, has restructured along industry lines, claiming to be recruiting professionals for national teams of multidisciplinary experts organized to quot;focus on the same industry to serve clients optimally.quot; On the other hand, litigation concerns might prompt auditors to diversify their risks by diversifying their clientele.In this study, we examine trends in industry specialization from 1976 to 1993 and the industry factors which may affect specialization; whether market share increases are greater for audit firms classified as specialists; and whether the nation?s largest audit firms have increased their market share in the industries which they have identified as their focus industries. We find evidence that concentration levels have increased over this period, consistent with the claims of the large audit firms. We find that auditor concentration levels are high in regulated industries, in more concentrated industries and in industries experiencing rapid growth, but lower in industries with a high risk of litigation. Levels of concentration have increased over time in nonregulated industries providing evidence that scale economies or superior efficiencies of heavy-involvement auditors are not limited to regulated industries but extend to nonregulated industries as well. We also find that for the audit firms classified as market leaders at the beginning of the year, market share has increased over time, whereas market share has declined for firms with a smaller share at the beginning of the year. This suggests that there are returns to investing in specialization.
Auditor Specialization
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Author : Steven F. Cahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Auditor Specialization written by Steven F. Cahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
A report issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in 2003 identified industry specialization as a key driver of consolidation among audit firms and highlighted the extreme levels of auditor concentration in some industries. Like the GAO, we view auditor concentration as a measure of industry specialization, and we examine one feasible explanation for why auditor specialization differs across industries. We posit that the investment opportunity set (IOS) plays an important role in determining whether an industry is an attractive target for auditor specialization and in creating barriers to auditor entry. We argue that when industry-specific IOS is high, auditors will make costly industry-specific investments that allow them to offer a differentiated product and to create entry barriers for other audit firms. However, when a large component of IOS is specific to individual firms within an industry so that IOS is highly variable within the industry, the auditors' knowledge requirements are highly specific to those firms and it is more difficult to transfer knowledge and spread costs across clients in that industry. Using two different measures of IOS and three alternative industry classification schemes, we present evidence that auditor specialization is increasing in industry IOS levels and decreasing in within-industry IOS variability.
Auditing Teams
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Author : Mara Cameran
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-31
Auditing Teams written by Mara Cameran and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-31 with Business & Economics categories.
The recent audit failures which have rocked financial markets worldwide have accentuated the need for a better understanding of the link between risk, control and audit quality; as well as emphasising the need to open the "black box" of the ways auditing firms actually function. Reflecting these imperatives, Auditing Teams unravels the organizational and management issues in audit firms that are key to achieving effectiveness in service provision. Specifically, this key research reflects upon the relevance and dynamics of auditing teams and their impact on auditing quality, and specifically responding to the recent claim from regulators which highlights auditing team characteristics as the source of wide variations in quality. By leveraging different perspectives – auditing, management accounting, organization and psychology – to investigate auditing teams and basing on evidence collected from the professional world, this book will provide a unique insight into the role of auditing teams on audit quality. It will be of great interest to scholars and advanced students in auditing, as well as to practitioners and regulators in the field.
Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting New Series Vol 17
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Author : Cheng F.Lee
language : en
Publisher: Center for PBBEFR & Ainosco Press
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting New Series Vol 17 written by Cheng F.Lee and has been published by Center for PBBEFR & Ainosco Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.
The Routledge Companion To Auditing
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Author : David Hay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-15
The Routledge Companion To Auditing written by David Hay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Auditing has been a subject of some controversy, and there have been repeated attempts at reforming its practice globally. This comprehensive companion surveys the state of the discipline, including emerging and cutting-edge trends. It covers the most important and controversial issues, including auditing ethics, auditor independence, social and environmental accounting as well as the future of the field. This handbook is vital reading for legislators, regulators, professionals, commentators, students and researchers involved with auditing and accounting. The collection will also prove an ideal starting place for researchers from other fields looking to break into this vital subject.
Auditor Going Concern Reporting
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Author : Marshall A. Geiger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-09
Auditor Going Concern Reporting written by Marshall A. Geiger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-09 with Business & Economics categories.
Auditor reporting on going-concern-related uncertainties remains one of the most challenging issues faced by external auditors. Business owners, market participants and audit regulators want an early warning of impending business failure. However, companies typically do not welcome audit opinions indicating uncertainty regarding their future viability. Thus, the auditor’s decision to issue a "going concern opinion" (GCO) is a complex and multi-layered one, facing a great deal of tension. Given such a rich context, academic researchers have examined many facets related to an auditor’s decision to issue a GCO. This monograph reviews and synthesizes 182 recent GCO studies that have appeared since the last significant review published in 2013 through the end of 2019. The authors categorize studies into the three broad areas of GCO: (1) determinants, (2) accuracy and (3) consequences. As an integral part of their synthesis, they summarize the details of each study in several user-friendly tables. After discussing and synthesizing the research, they present a discussion of opportunities for future research, including issues created or exacerbated as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This monograph will be of assistance to researchers interested in exploring this area of auditor responsibility. It will also be of interest to auditing firms and individual practitioners wanting to learn what academic research has examined and found regarding this challenging aspect of audit practice. Auditing standard-setters and regulators will find it of interest as the authors review numerous studies examining issues related to audit policy and regulation, and their effects on GCO decisions. The examination of GCO research is extremely timely given the financial and business disruption caused by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. This unprecedented global event has caused companies, auditors and professional bodies to revisit and reassess their approach to going concern, and to think even more deeply about this fundamental business imperative.
Auditor Industry Specialization
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Auditor Industry Specialization written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Auditing categories.