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Audit firms’ risk of being sued has historically been an important factor driving audit quality and firm valuation in U.S. capital markets. Investors have traditionally targeted auditors in class action suits as “deep pockets” with a greater ability to pay …
In a recent study, we examine the flow of workers between the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and large U.S. audit firms. The PCAOB, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, oversees the audits of public companies by, among …
Throughout the 1990s, the Big 5 accounting firms made a concerted effort to enter the legal services market. By the close of the twentieth century, legal networks directly owned or closely affiliated with the Big 5 were major players in …