Auditor industry specialism and reporting timeliness
This study investigates whether industry specialist auditors could speed up the audit work using a sample of 873 public listed companies.The multivariate results indicate that industry specialist auditors do not statistically offer faster audit work than non-specialists.In contrast, Big Four firms d...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier Ltd.
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/12663/1/1-s2.0-S.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/12663/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.213 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | This study investigates whether industry specialist auditors could speed up the audit work using a sample of 873 public listed companies.The multivariate results indicate that industry specialist auditors do not statistically offer faster audit work than non-specialists.In contrast, Big Four firms do perform significant faster audits as compared to their non-Big Four counterparts. Larger companies, companies reporting profits, and financial companies are found to be associated with faster audits.Conversely, companies receiving qualified audit opinions, reporting extraordinary income, and higher in leverage, are associated with longer audit report lags. |
|---|