TYPES OF RESTATEMENT DECISIONS AND EX-ANTE RED FLAGS OF INTERNAL CONTROL QUALITY

Ya-Fang Wang and Yu-Ting Huang

Global Journal of Business Research, 2014, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: We investigate the association between financial restatements and internal controls by examining whether voluntary restatement decisions are associated with internal control quality. We focus on companies’ voluntary restatements because they are more susceptible to the numerous provisions imposed by SOX. Empirical results show that voluntary restatement decisions are associated with internal control deficiencies, particularly when companies of voluntary restatements suffer higher restatement severity. Our findings imply that voluntary restatement decisions may interpret as signals of internal control quality.

Keywords: Internal Control; Voluntary Restatement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K22 M41 M49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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