Characteristics of auditors’ non-audit services and accruals quality in Malaysia

The drivers of audit quality: auditors’ perceptions

Non - audit services and financial reporting quality :

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit qu...

The Provision of Non-Audit Services by Auditors Let the Market Evolve and Decide

This article searches for and defines efficient regulation of the provision of non-audit services by auditors to their audit clients. From an examination of the particular problems posed by these services it is concluded that they reduce total costs, increase technical competence, and motivate more intense competition. Furthermore, they do not necessarily damage auditor independence or the qual...

Auditors’ Work Stress and Audit Quality with Emphasis on Abnormal Audit fees , Initail Audit and the Conservatism

Due to the nature of their jobs, auditors are exposed to stress-providing factors which have a strong influence on theirs functions. The most destructive result of stress on the auditorchr('39')s function is the unfavorable quality of the work done by them. Therefore, behavioral factors such as stress will significantly affect the job performance of auditors. Poor job performance reduces audit ...

The Joint Determination of Audit Fees, Non-Audit Fees, and Abnormal Accruals

Prior research has estimated piece-meal the determinants of audit fees, non-audit fees and abnormal accruals. Intuition, informal analysis, and a variety of theories suggest that audit fees, non-audit fees, and abnormal accruals are jointly determined. We address this endogeneity issue by modeling the confluence of audit fees, fees for non-audit services and abnormal accruals in a system of sim...