Das Vertrauen in die Wirtschaftsprüfungsbranche wurde durch Unternehmenskrisen erschüttert. Marina Müller entwickelt deshalb unter Bezugnahme auf Theorien der Ökonomie, der Psychologie und der Soziologie einen konzeptionellen Bezugsrahmen zur Beeinflussung der Vertrauensvergabe. Nach der...

International and U.S. accounting and auditing standard setters have focused considerable attention and rule making around group audits and in particular the reporting quality of subsidiary entities. We examine how membership in a consolidated group and the related group audit affects the...

A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home-efficiency improvements. Although the provision of information via home energy audits is frequently asserted to be an effective means for governments to encourage the implementation of...

This paper summarizes the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 106 – Audit Evidence. It extends the importance on why the financial statements should be fairly stated and in conformity, in all material respects, with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Also, extends why audit...

Prior research suggests that audit seniors' judgments are sometimes biased by their affect toward (i.e., feeling of personally liking or disliking) client personnel. We examine how experienced audit reviewers respond when reviewing an audit preparer's judgment that appears to be biased by the...

Using a matched sample of 1,806 firm-year observations from Germany and the United States over the sample period of 2005 to 2010, this paper examines audit practice differences between both countries. Our empirical results show qualitative similar results with regard to audit tenure effects on...

We find that the audit report lag is significantly higher for former Andersen clients (that did not follow their Andersen partner to the new audit firm) than for clients voluntarily changing auditors from another Big 5 predecessor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (the first year with...