The issue of whether auditor-provided nonaudit services enhance or exacerbate financial reporting quality has been intensely debated among the regulators, auditors, investors, academic researchers, and the media. In 2006, the SEC approved the rules proposed by the PCAOB limiting the tax services...

Recently, some firms have decoupled their audit and tax service providers in an effort to improve the perceived credibility of their financial statements. Many firms, however, continue to rely on their current auditor for tax services. Therefore, we examine whether investors assign a lower...

Lately, several firms have decoupled audit and tax service providers to shore up the credibility of their financial statements. However, a number of other firms rely on the incumbent auditor for tax services. Do investors assign a lower valuation to firms that continue to use the auditor for tax...

While non-U.S. auditors audit a significant proportion of U.S.-based clients, until recently, lenders were largely unaware of the involvement of component auditors since the U.S.-based lead auditor was not required to disclose information about participating auditors. Using the disclosure under...

We find that even though ethnic minority audit partners (those of Asian, Black, or Hispanic origin) represent a low proportion of U.S. audit partners, audit partner ethnicity is significantly related to several important audit phenomena. Consistent with the homophily principle, ethnic minority...