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Leader versus lagger: How the timing of financial reports affects audit quality and investment efficiency
Liu, Nanqin1; Zhang, Xiao Jun2
2024-09
Source PublicationContemporary Accounting Research
ABS Journal Level4
ISSN0823-9150
Abstract

This paper examines how relative timing affects the quality of financial reports in a staggered reporting system in which some firms report earlier than others. We show that the audit quality of the leading firm exceeds that of the lagger. Investment efficiency also differs systematically across firms, depending on the relative reporting timing as well as the audit market structure. Audit regulations mitigate the misalignment of interests between auditors and investors but limit the effect of information spillovers. We characterize the socially optimal auditing standards and show how and why imposing minimum audit quality requirements complements and/or substitutes for adjusting auditors' legal liability. Overall, we show that a staggered reporting system dominates a simultaneous reporting system in enhancing audit quality and investment efficiency through regulation.

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Cet article étudie l’impact du calendrier de production desétats financiers sur la qualité de l’audit au sein d’unsystème de divulgation échelonnée où certaines entreprisespublient leurs rapports plus tôt que d’autres. Les auteursdémontrent que la qualité de l’audit est supérieure pour lesentreprises publiant plus tôt comparativement à cellespubliant plus tard. De plus, l’efficacité de l’investissement varie de manière systématique entre les entreprises enfonction du calendrier de divulgation et de la structure dumarché de l’audit. Les règlementations en matière d’auditcontribuent à aligner les intérêts des auditeurs et desinvestisseurs, mais limitent l’effet de la diffusion del’information. Les auteurs définissent les normes d’auditsocialement optimales et expliquent comment l’impositiond’exigences minimales en matière de qualité de l’audit estun complément ou un substitut à l’ajustement du niveaude responsabilité juridique des auditeurs. Dans l’ensemble,les auteurs montrent que le système de divulgationéchelonnée est plus efficace que le système de divulgationsimultanée pour améliorer la qualité de l’audit etl’efficacité de l’investissement grâce à la règlementation. 

KeywordAudit Quality Audit Regulation Financial Externalities Financial Reporting Timing Investment Efficiency
DOI10.1111/1911-3846.12967
URLView the original
Indexed BySSCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaBusiness & Economics
WOS SubjectBusiness, Finance
WOS IDWOS:001314929800001
PublisherWILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85204206602
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Business Administration
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Corresponding AuthorZhang, Xiao Jun
Affiliation1.Department of Accounting and Information Management, University of Macau, Macao
2.Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, United States
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Liu, Nanqin,Zhang, Xiao Jun. Leader versus lagger: How the timing of financial reports affects audit quality and investment efficiency[J]. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2024.
APA Liu, Nanqin., & Zhang, Xiao Jun (2024). Leader versus lagger: How the timing of financial reports affects audit quality and investment efficiency. Contemporary Accounting Research.
MLA Liu, Nanqin,et al."Leader versus lagger: How the timing of financial reports affects audit quality and investment efficiency".Contemporary Accounting Research (2024).
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