Abnormal Audit Fee And Audit Quality: A Moderating Effect Of Firm Characteristics

investigating the impact of mandatory audit firm rotation on audit fee and audit market competition

this study aims at investigating the impacts of mandatory audit firm rotation (mafr) on audit fees and audit market compeition among firms listed on tehran stock exchange (tse). since 2007 firms listed on tse are not allowed to use services of any single audit firm for more than 4 consecutive years. we tested our hypotheses using multivariate regression analysis and mean comparison test. our sa...

The relation between audit fee cuts during the economic crisis and audit quality

The economic crisis presents a unique opportunity to study how auditors respond to an exogenous shock to the clients' operating environment. Also, due to the economic crisis, some of auditors are under pressure from clients to cut audit fees during the crisis. In Iran, due to inflationary conditions, this issue manifests itself mainly in the form of an increase in auditing fees to a lesser exte...

Auditors’ Work Stress and Audit Quality with Emphasis on Abnormal Audit fees , Initail Audit and the Conservatism

Due to the nature of their jobs, auditors are exposed to stress-providing factors which have a strong influence on theirs functions. The most destructive result of stress on the auditorchr('39')s function is the unfavorable quality of the work done by them. Therefore, behavioral factors such as stress will significantly affect the job performance of auditors. Poor job performance reduces audit ...

Interpretation of Abnormal Audit Delays: Implications for Earnings Quality and Firm Value

Non-audit fees, disclosure and audit quality

This paper investigates the effect of non-audit services on audit quality. Following the announcement of the requirement to disclose non-audit fees, approximately one-third of UK quoted companies disclosed before the requirement became effective. Whilst distressed companies were more likely to disclose early, auditor size, directors’ shareholdings and non-audit fees were not signiŽ cantly corre...