Internal Auditors’ Characteristics and Audit Fees: Evidence from Egyptian Firms

Evidence on the Audit Risk Model: Do Auditors Increase Audit Fees in the Presence of Internal Control Deficiencies?

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 ...

Self-Selection of Auditors and Audit Pricing in Private Firms

Prior research has examined audit pricing for publicly held firms and provided some evidence of a Big 8 premium in pricing. We investigate audit pricing among private firms, and provide evidence that private firms do not pay such a premium on average. The relatively greater degree of dispersion in auditor choice (between Big 5 and non-Big 5 auditors) in our large sample of privately held audit ...

Economic Crisis and Audit Fees

Economic crisis generally increases firms’ bankruptcy and consequently audit risk. Hence, auditors are more likely to respond to this increased risk through increasing audit fees. However, in the lack of adequate empirical and theoretical evidence, the role of this macro-economic variable, economic crisis, is not clearly demonstrated on audit fees. Therefore, this study investigates the role of...

Dividend Policy, Trading Characteristics and Share Prices: Empirical Evidence from Egyptian Firms

For a sample of 94 firms, using data up to 1999, we find that retentions are more significant than dividends in determining prices of shares that are actively traded on the Egyptian stock market. However, for non-actively traded shares, the accounting book value is the most important determinant. Reductions in dividends are associated with a lack of liquidity and profitability. Dividend increas...