A new measure of accounting quality

Paul Hribar (), Todd Kravet () and Ryan Wilson ()
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Paul Hribar: The University of Iowa
Todd Kravet: University of Texas at Dallas
Ryan Wilson: University of Oregon

Review of Accounting Studies, 2014, vol. 19, issue 1, No 15, 506-538

Abstract: Abstract This study develops a measure of accounting quality based on audit fees. Adopting a neoclassical view of the audit market, we argue that unexplained audit fees should contain information about accounting quality. We find that our measure of unexplained audit fees correlates positively with other empirical measures of quality. We further show that our measure of accounting quality is incrementally predictive of fraud, restatements, and SEC comment letters, controlling for other measures of quality. Overall, we believe that the information in audit fees can be used to provide an alternative measure of a firm’s accounting quality.

Keywords: Accounting quality; Earnings management; Restatements; Fraud (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11142-013-9253-8

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