Regulatory oversight and auditor market share

We examine whether auditor regulatory oversight affects the value of financial statement audits. Using the PCAOB international inspection program as a setting to generate within country variation in regulatory oversight, we find that non-U.S. auditors inspected by the PCAOB gain 4% to 6% market shar...

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Main Authors: Aobdia, Daniel (Author), Shroff, Nemit (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-09-22T19:37:49Z.
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