Competing firms are affected by financial reporting mainly through revealing relevant information. As suggested by recent literature (Bagnoli, et al. 2010), the biased disclosure has impact on the firms' competitive position in a product market setting. So when such information is distorted by...

This study provides novel evidence on the magnitude of switching costs in auditing. We use a discrete choice approach to infer switching costs from clients' auditor choices. The demand estimation reveals that switching costs matter and that they differ by the direction with switching from...

We use a structural application of the discrete choice model to investigate how the introduction of a joint audit policy would affect audit market structure and consumer surplus. We perform this policy evaluation by identifying demand fundamentals in a joint audit regime and applying them to a...