During the last several years, a stream of research has evolved that investigates the influence of outcome information on evaluation judgments in an auditor legal liability context. These studies have included judges and jurors and have utilized different cases and scenarios. Our objective in...

The supply of accounting majors has not kept pace with the increasing demand for accounting graduates. One way of increasing the number of qualified accountants, while maintaining desired quality, is through a non-degree program such as the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accountancy. A...

In this paper we examine the relationship between the strength of a firm's shareholders rights, as part of their overall corporate governance structure, and the discretionary financial reporting choices made by the firm's financial executives. Specifically, we examine the strength of...

Accurately assessing the ability of a financially distressed company to stay in business through the next year is a difficult task at best. Notwithstanding this difficulty, auditors have seemingly been saddled with a large portion of this responsibility for the companies that they audit. Current...

Prior earnings management research often focuses on specific accounts or on estimations of discretionary accruals but provides only limited insight into the methods firms actually use to manage earnings. In order to begin exploration of some of the operational details regarding how earnings are...

In the following document we provide an extensive synthesis of the academic literature broadly related to reporting by auditors with respect to the issue of going-concern. Our intent is to provide information to the Public Company Oversight Board (PCAOB) that may prove to be useful in their...