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dc.contributor.authorAase, Øivind André Strand
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-10T11:36:55Z
dc.date.available2022-01-10T11:36:55Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-10
dc.identifier.issn2387-3000
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2836707
dc.description.abstractMany countries have introduced thresholds for mandatory audits, but empirical evaluations on how deregulation of audit markets affect reporting quality are scarce. I analyze a Norwegian audit reform in 2011, that introduced voluntary audit for small private limited liability firms. I find no consistent signs of negative effects on accounting quality for the firms that drop audit. Some firms around the size thresholds size down to avoid audit costs when the perceived benefits of audit are smaller than the costs. If such downsizing is done by manipulation of the accounts, one would expect lower accounting quality among firms just below the threshold. I find some indications of lower accounting quality among these firms, but the finding is not robust. I conclude that the reform has not had significant negative effects on accounting quality and that deregulating certain segments of the audit market – entrusting the audit decision to be taken by firms based on their individual cost-benefit assessments – increase economic efficiency.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFORen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paper;1/22
dc.subjectVoluntary auditen_US
dc.subjectprivate firmsen_US
dc.subjectsize managementen_US
dc.subjectrevenue thresholden_US
dc.titleEffects of Voluntary Audit on Accounting Quality in Small Private Firmsen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
dc.source.pagenumber33en_US


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