This study examines the extent of downward auditor switches from Big 4 audit firms by nonprofit organizations (NPOs) after enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Although SOX provisions do not directly apply to nonprofit organizations, capacity constraints and client realignments due to SOX...

This study investigates whether material noncompliance (MNC) with laws and regulations and internal control deficiencies (ICDs) in a nonprofit charitable organization (NPO) affect the likelihood that the NPO receives a going concern audit opinion (GCO) and the viability of the NPO. I find that...

Chinese companies have accessed the public capital markets of the US and Canada more frequently in recent years. This paper provides for the first time empirical evidence documenting the characteristics of private securities class action lawsuits (filed in the US and Canada) against Chinese...

This study examines the economic consequences of going concern audit reports (GCARs) in nonprofit charitable organizations (NPOs) using a sample of public charities that received initial GCARs between 1998 and 2003. I find that GCARs are negatively correlated with subsequent government grants....

Using a sample of U.S. nonprofit organizations, where the identity of the auditor in charge of the audit is revealed, I investigate whether individual auditor characteristics (gender, engagement load, and tenure) are associated with audit quality. The empirical results show that female auditors...

This paper investigates whether financially constrained firms use costly audit signals to facilitate their access to external financing. We document that when facing higher financial constraints, firms pay higher audit fees and have their audit opinion reports completed sooner. The higher audit...