Although theory suggests that companies would rationally select into audit even if it were not a legal requirement, many countries impose mandatory audits. This is arguably due to an audit having elements of a public good, which may result in not enough audits being purchased without regulatory...

In an effort to make audit reports more informative to investors, the U.K. recently passed a new audit reporting standard that requires auditors to disclose the risks of material misstatement (RMMs) that had the greatest effect on the financial statement audit. Using short-window market...

Prior research provides mixed evidence about whether sufficient audit market competition exists and whether competition impairs or improves audit quality. A major impediment to this stream of research is the unobservable nature of the bidding process by which auditors compete for clients. In...

We investigate whether non-GAAP reporting results in less conservative auditor materiality judgments, as measured by auditors' determination of quantitative materiality thresholds. Using a sample of audit reports for Premium Listed companies on the London Stock Exchange for the 2013-2014 fiscal...