CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?

The thesis examines whether chief executive officers (CEOs) use their power to influence audit quality, proxied by audit fees and the likelihood of receiving a going-concern opinion. In addition, this thesis examines the moderating role of internal and external monitoring on the association between...

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Main Author: Alyafai, Ayoob
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88693
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description The thesis examines whether chief executive officers (CEOs) use their power to influence audit quality, proxied by audit fees and the likelihood of receiving a going-concern opinion. In addition, this thesis examines the moderating role of internal and external monitoring on the association between CEO power and audit quality to assess whether monitoring intensity can counterbalance CEO power. The findings of this study have several implications for regulators, auditors, investors, and academic researchers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-886932024-06-18T00:22:39Z CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter? Alyafai, Ayoob The thesis examines whether chief executive officers (CEOs) use their power to influence audit quality, proxied by audit fees and the likelihood of receiving a going-concern opinion. In addition, this thesis examines the moderating role of internal and external monitoring on the association between CEO power and audit quality to assess whether monitoring intensity can counterbalance CEO power. The findings of this study have several implications for regulators, auditors, investors, and academic researchers. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88693 Curtin University fulltext
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CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title_full CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title_fullStr CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title_full_unstemmed CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title_short CEO Power and Audit Quality: Does Monitoring Intensity Matter?
title_sort ceo power and audit quality: does monitoring intensity matter?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88693