This study reports the results of an experiment that investigates the effects of financial-report timing, EPS proximity to analyst forecast, and external auditor argument consistency on audit committee members' support for a proposed audit adjustment. We use source credibility theory to predict...

This study examines differences in audit committee member judgments before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("pre-SOX") versus after the act was passed ("post- SOX") as well as audit committee member perceptions of the effects of SOX. Based on experimental materials administered to 372 public company...