The circumstances and legal consequences of non‐GAAP reporting: Evidence from restatements

ZV Palmrose, S Scholz - Contemporary accounting research, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Our study examines the circumstances of non‐GAAP financial reporting by 492 US
companies that announced restatements from 1995 to 1999. We focus on income …

Why firms comply voluntarily with IAS: An empirical analysis with Swiss data.

P Dumontier, B Raffournier - Journal of International …, 1998 - search.ebscohost.com
Focuses on a study which determined the reasons for voluntary compliance of companies in
Switzerland with the regulations of the International Accounting Standards Committee …

The use of internal audit by Australian companies

J Goodwin‐Stewart, P Kent - Managerial Auditing Journal, 2006 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this study is to explore the voluntary use of internal audit by
Australian publicly listed companies and to identify factors that lead listed companies to …

The demand for the audit in small companies in the UK

J Collis, R Jarvis, L Skerratt - Accounting and business research, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
A recent development of the big GAAP/little GAAP debate in the UK was the proposal to
raise the audit exemption thresholds for small companies to EC levels. This paper is based …

Consequences of interim reporting: A literature review and future research directions

P Kajüter, A Lessenich, M Nienhaus… - European Accounting …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study provides the first comprehensive literature review on interim reporting based on
112 papers published between 1961 and 2020. The review focuses on both the firm-specific …

The voluntary choice of an auditor of any level of quality

D Hay, D Davis - Auditing: A journal of practice & theory, 2004 - publications.aaahq.org
We examine the choice of auditor by 380 incorporated societies in New Zealand.
Incorporated societies may choose whether to be audited, and are free to choose an auditor …

Determinants of voluntary assurance on sustainability reports: an empirical analysis

K Ruhnke, A Gabriel - Journal of Business Economics, 2013 - Springer
Driven by the ongoing discussion of corporate responsibility, growing numbers of
companies have been publishing what have become known as sustainability reports. These …

Acquirers' abnormal returns and the non-Big 4 auditor clientele effect

H Louis - Journal of accounting and economics, 2005 - Elsevier
I analyze the effect of auditor choice on acquirers' values around merger announcements
and the factors affecting the interaction between auditor size and the market reaction to …

Financial credibility, ownership, and financing constraints in private firms

OK Hope, W Thomas, D Vyas - Journal of International Business Studies, 2011 - Springer
As shown in the international business literature, the ability of controlling owners to extract
private benefits is greater in countries with weaker legal institutions. In these countries …

Differences in conservatism between big eight and non-big eight auditors

S Basu, LS Hwang, CL Jan - Available at SSRN 2428836, 2001 - papers.ssrn.com
Auditors' incentives to be conservative are likely to vary both cross-sectionally and over time
based on their legal liability exposure. We predict that Big Eight (Six/Five) auditors are likely …