We study the determinants of involvement of component auditors (either network and/or unaffiliated) in multinational (MNE) group audits and associated audit outcomes. We identify the involvement of component auditors, using unique Australian disclosures of group audit fees paid to the principal...

One of the key reforms aimed at improving audit quality has been the introduction of public oversight over the auditing profession by national public oversight bodies (POBs). The foundation of their strategy is inspections of audit firms. However, little is known about the impact of inspections...

Using public and proprietary data of the Dutch public oversight body, we study the trade-off suggested by DeFond (2010) of expertise for independence associated with the shift from a peer review system to independent public oversight of audit firms. Specifically, we investigate the association...