PCAOB International Inspections and Audit Quality

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Krishnan, Jagan; Krishnan, Jayanthi; Song, Hakjoon
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; California State University System; California State University Dominguez Hills
• 刊物名称: ACCOUNTING REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4826
• DOI: 10.2308/accr-51642
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 143-166
• 关键词: earnings quality; FIRMS; deficiencies; management; fees; SOX

摘要

We investigate the impact of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) first-time inspections of foreign accounting firms by examining abnormal accruals around the inspection year, and the value relevance of accounting numbers around the inspection report date, for their U.S. cross-listed clients. We document lower abnormal accruals in the post-inspection period, and greater value relevance of accounting numbers in the post-report period for clients of the inspected auditors, compared with non-cross-listed clients or clients of non-inspected auditors within the inspected countries. Comparisons of the PCAOB's joint inspections with PCAOB standalone inspections indicate that while both experience lower post-inspection abnormal accruals, the former benefit more than the latter. The value relevance measure, in contrast, shows greater increases for the PCAOB stand-alone inspections than for joint inspections. Comparing the inspection effects for auditors with and without deficiency reports, we find no systematic differences for accruals or for value relevance.