New Auditors' Decisions for Released Firms from the Mandatory Auditor Designation Rule: Evidence From South Korea
- Authors
- Lee, Dong Heun; Kim, Seon Mi; Oh, Kwang Wuk; Yoo, Seung Weon
- Issue Date
- 12월-2013
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Citation
- AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING REVIEW, v.23, no.4, pp.341 - 356
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- Journal Title
- AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING REVIEW
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 341
- End Page
- 356
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/101348
- DOI
- 10.1111/auar.12037
- ISSN
- 1035-6908
- Abstract
- This study examines the effect of the mandatory designation rule on audit fees charged and audit hours rendered by auditors for firms released from the mandatory auditor designation rule in the Korean audit market. Under the mandatory auditor designation rule, which took effect in 1991, problematic firms are assigned new auditors by the Financial Supervisory Service. Previous studies suggest that this regulation positively affects the quality of audits by promoting auditor independence. Thus, this study hypothesises that firms that have been subjected to mandatory auditor designation improve the quality of their financial reporting, and that auditors hired after the mandatory designation period account for reduced audit risks when determining audit fees and audit hours. This study shows that audit fees and audit hours of firms released from the mandatory auditor designation rule are lower than those of other initial audit engagements. Taken together, this study's findings reinforce the notion that auditors' perceptions of changes in audit risk yield corresponding changes in the audit fees they charge and audit hours they render.
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