Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht aufgrund einer erhöhten Regulierungstätigkeit in der Bilanzierung die nabhängigkeitsproblematik der Wirtschaftsprüfer aus dem Blickwinkel des ökonomischen Paradigmas.

This paper is motivated by the current debate on limiting auditor liability. In a laboratory experiment, the effect of limited versus unlimited liability on behavior under risk and ambiguity is investigated for risks involving small probabilities. The amount of liability is manipulated in such a...

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...