Auditor skill demands and audit quality: Evidence from job postings

C Ham, RN Hann, MJ Rabier… - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This study empirically examines the relation between audit quality and auditors' cognitive
and social skills. Using a novel data set of online job postings by accounting firms, we …

How does artificial intelligence shape audit firms?

KKF Law, M Shen - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Does artificial intelligence (AI) displace auditors? We exploit the staggered hiring of AI
employees at audit office locations across the United States as a proxy for the use of AI at …

Does Investment Bankers' Prior Experience in Public Accounting Reduce Earnings Management in IPO Firms?

X He, J Pittman, SE Stein, H Yin - Auditing: A Journal of …, 2024 - publications.aaahq.org
We examine whether firms undertaking an initial public offering (IPO) exhibit less earnings
management when individual investment bankers have prior experience in public …

Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the PCAOB's A Firm's System of Quality Control …

CM Boland, MS Ege, N Harding… - Current Issues in …, 2023 - publications.aaahq.org
SUMMARY On November 18, 2022, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the
Board or PCAOB) issued a request for comment on its proposed quality control standard, A …

Labor Supply Drought: The Case of Accountant Talent Shortage and Audit Outcomes

J Ahn, R Hoitash, U Hoitash… - Available at SSRN …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
We investigate the implications of the shortage of accounting graduates on audit firms'
recruitment and audit outcomes. Using granular data from Revelio Labs, we identify …

The Turnover, Retention, and Career Advancement of Female and Racial Minority Auditors: Evidence from Individual LinkedIn Data

J Ahn, R Hoitash, U Hoitash… - Northeastern U. D'Amore …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
We use large detailed data on individual auditor employment to examine the antecedents of
turnover decisions and subsequent career paths of diverse individuals in public accounting …

The Economic Implications of Accounting Pipeline Shortages on Audit Market

Q Tan, RD Dai, X Martin, Y Li - Available at SSRN 4890523, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Motivated by the recent substantial decline in the pipeline for accounting labor supply, our
paper investigates the implication of this decline for the audit quality of US public firms …

Talent Pool Size and Audit Quality

C Friedrich - Quick Notes on Accounting, 2024 - nomos-elibrary.de
The single most important resource for audit firms is human capital, 1 and the audit
profession faces significant struggles to attract and retain high-quality personnel. 2 Audit …