We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors...

This study empirically examines the supply side of the market for non-audit services. In particular, a model for the supply side of the market for non-audit services is developed. This model is then tested using audit and non-audit fee data from Fijian listed companies from the year 1980 to...

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80 Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors...

We investigate whether auditor independence is compromised by either the mix of audit and non audit services (NAS), or simply unusually large NAS or audit fees. The results help reconcile apparently conflicting evidence in prior studies linking NAS and indicators of earnings management, as well...

The objective of this paper is to examine the risk-related premiums of disclosed audit fees in the Austrian and German markets for audit services. The idea of the paper is to determine a risk-free, entity-specific audit fee. By comparing this fee with the disclosed audit fee, we determine...

Prüfungshonorare stellen für Unternehmen Kosten dar. Daher ist es für die Unternehmen von großem Interesse, welche Faktoren diese Honorare beeinflussen. Um die Determinanten für deutsche börsennotierte Medienunternehmen zu ermitteln, wird eine empirische lineare Regressionsanalyse...