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Audit Fee Differential, Audit Effort, and Litigation Risk: An Examination of ADR Firms

Prior studies find that audit fees are higher for cross†listed firms, and these studies primarily attribute the incremental fees to added litigation costs. In this study, we investigate whether… Click to show full abstract

Prior studies find that audit fees are higher for cross†listed firms, and these studies primarily attribute the incremental fees to added litigation costs. In this study, we investigate whether the higher audit fees that foreign firms cross†listed in the United States pay are also attributable to incremental audit effort associated with U.S. disclosure requirements and a more stringent U.S. auditing environment. By comparing audit fees of foreign cross†listed firms to U.S. domiciled firms and to non†cross†listed foreign firms, we are able to decompose incremental audit fees into portions attributable to added audit effort and to added litigation costs. We find that, on average, foreign firms cross†listed in the United States pay significantly higher fees than domestic U.S. firms and foreign firms that do not cross†list. Furthermore, we find that audit effort is almost as important as litigation costs in explaining the higher fees associated with foreign cross†listed firms; our estimates suggest that between 29 percent and 48 percent of the incremental fees are attributable to incremental audit effort. In addition, the total cross†listing premium is increasing in the difference between the U.S. auditing regulatory environment and that of the home country of the cross†listed firm. Our study improves our understanding of the role of audit effort in explaining the added fees charged by auditors when foreign firms cross†list in the United States.Les A©tudes ont jusqu'ici dA©montrA© que les honoraires d'audit sont plus A©levA©s pour les sociA©tA©s intercotA©es, ce surcroA®t d'honoraires ayant A©tA© attribuA© principalement aux coA»ts supplA©mentaires associA©s aux litiges. Dans leur A©tude, les auteurs se demandent si les honoraires d'audit plus A©levA©s que paient les sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res intercotA©es aux A‰tats†Unis sont aussi attribuables au travail d'audit supplA©mentaire que nA©cessite le respect des exigences des A‰tats†Unis en matiA¨re d'informations A fournir et A l'environnement d'audit plus strict des A‰tats†Unis. En comparant les honoraires d'audit des sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res intercotA©es A ceux des sociA©tA©s domiciliA©es aux A‰tats†Unis et des sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res qui ne sont pas intercotA©es, les auteurs parviennent A dA©composer le surcroA®t d'honoraires d'audit en A©lA©ments attribuables au travail d'audit supplA©mentaire et aux coA»ts supplA©mentaires associA©s aux litiges. Ils constatent qu'en moyenne, les sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res intercotA©es aux A‰tats†Unis paient des honoraires sensiblement plus A©levA©s que les sociA©tA©s nationales des A‰tats†Unis et que les sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res qui ne sont pas intercotA©es. Ils observent en outre que le travail d'audit est presque aussi important que les coA»ts associA©s aux litiges dans l'explication des honoraires d'audit supA©rieurs que paient les sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res intercotA©es; leurs estimations semblent indiquer qu'entre 29 et 48 pour cent du surcroA®t d'honoraires sont attribuables au travail d'audit supplA©mentaire. De plus, la prime totale associA©e A l'intercotation augmente avec l’A©cart entre l'environnement rA©glementaire des A‰tats†Unis en matiA¨re d'audit et celui du pays de rA©sidence de la sociA©tA© intercotA©e. L’A©tude permet de mieux comprendre le rA´le du travail d'audit dans l'explication du surcroA®t d'honoraires facturA© par les auditeurs lorsque les sociA©tA©s A©trangA¨res sont intercotA©es aux A‰tats†Unis.

Keywords: tats unis; audit; audit effort; cross listed; les socia

Journal Title: Contemporary Accounting Research
Year Published: 2017

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