This paper examines the issuance and accuracy of going-concern audit opinions after China's auditing standards reform in 2016. We find that auditors are more likely to issue a going-concern opinion after the reform and Type II errors (retaining the false) decrease while Type I errors (discarding...

Given the global attention and attraction of many scholars and researchers to develop prediction models for determining the going concern of businesses, there is a growing need to monitor progress and trends in the field. As such, the study aims to analyse the evolution of prediction models for...

This paper examines the distinct types of modified auditor opinions and the non-compliance with the legal certification of accounts, to assess whether they provide different relevant informational content on the risk of impending bankruptcies. The study also addresses the signalling effects when...

We study asset and debt characteristics of US bank holding companies. We show that financial institutions, especially large institutions, are not just about holding discrete assets. Services and going-concern values are important, and capital market debt against going-concern values accounts for...

Using Reuters data and machine learning, this paper explores the potential role of linguistic features of 972,144 business news headlines in going-concern opinion predictions. This research identifies 26,857 firm-year observations from their headlines from 2004 to 2016. For each observation in...

In this study, we aim to examine the effect of company and auditor characteristics on the issuance of going-concern opinions. The study population encompasses all financially distressed manufacturing companies listed on the Vietnam Stock Exchange during 2010-2019. The results indicate that the...

We study asset and debt characteristics of US banks. We show that financial institutions, especially large institutions, are not just about holding assets that can be directly pledged and "pawned." Services and going-concern values are important, and capital market debt against going-concern...

We provide insights into how the market processes going concern audit opinions based on the trading of some well-documented sophisticated investors—short sellers. We find that abnormal short selling increases significantly upon impending going concern disclosures. While prior literature...

The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures introduced to prevent its further spread have undoubtedly led to significant business uncertainties regarding the going concern principle. Not only has the global economy experienced negative effects of the pandemic, but a number of professions as well,...

We study asset and debt characteristics of US bank holding companies. We show that financial institutions, especially large institutions, are not just about holding discrete assets. Services and going-concern values are important, and capital market debt against going-concern values accounts for...

Auditors' propensity to issue Going Concern Audit Reports (GCARs) is one of the proxies often used for audit quality. Although this propensity is a distinguishing characteristic of auditors, it does not indicate quality according to both theory and practice. In theory, higher-quality auditors...

We analyze how variation in federal level legal liability associated with judge ideology affects the likelihood of firms receiving going-concern modified audit opinions. With auditors trading off between Type I and Type II reporting errors, the threshold value (of client bankruptcy probability)...

After a lengthy and protracted debate, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) adopted new rules and related amendments to its auditing standards regarding the engagement partner and other accounting firms that took part in the audit (PCAOB 2015). The rules require disclosure of...

This study investigates whether auditors use information in accounting estimates when making going concern assessments and whether the usefulness of information in accounting estimates to auditors depends on whether the estimate is prepared following a rule-based standard or a principle-based...

In this study we predict and provide evidence that distressed firms that rely more heavily on major customers for sales have a comparatively higher incidence of receiving going concern opinions (GCOs). Moreover, we find that the effect of increased reliance on major customers is driven by firms...

This paper examines the relation between gender diversity on the board of directors and the likelihood that a company receives an emphasis of matter going concern audit opinion. Gender diversity on the board and the audit committee is examined. We find that, after controlling for the strength of...

We document an increase in auditors issuing going-concern opinions in Australia over a prolonged period since the Global Financial Crisis that is not fully explained by changes in client risk. Overall, our evidence is consistent with auditors reporting more conservatively with the increased...