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This paper investigates whether firm ownership structure alters the likelihood of auditor resignations and the associated stock market reaction in the U.S. over the period 2004-2008. Relying on prior research, we posit that family ownership aligns family members’ interests with those of...
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Income smoothing is a longstanding practice under the more general category of earnings management. As the name suggests, it consists of smoothing out the fluctuations of the income series. This article examines the association between the ownership and control structure, level of corporate...
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In this study, we examine how institutional ownership affects the quality and riskiness of the financial statement audit. We hypothesize that institutional investors can influence corporate policy to employ governance mechanisms that reduce their monitoring costs. Our evidence shows that firms...
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We find that quasi-indexer ownership is negatively associated with the ratio of non-audit service fees to total fees paid to the audit firm performing the audit service and with the likelihood of paying the audit firm more non-audit service fees than audit service fees. Using the annual Russell...
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Egypt witnessed radical and unexpected changes in political, social and cultural environment that came as a result of the Arab Spring. Since the revolution caused a paradigm shift in so many socio-economic aspects; it is plausible that it also caused dramatic changes in different ways in the...
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corporate behaviours in Malaysia.Methodology/Technique – This study is investigated by critical reviewing previously published …
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