Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom

The dissertation investigates Big 4 audit fee premiums for industry specialization based on samples of PLC and Ltd which are existed in 2014 in London Stock Exchange and supplements the evidence from the United Kingdom by extending to partner level. There are fee premiums for national level, city le...

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Main Author: XU, RUI
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46975/
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description The dissertation investigates Big 4 audit fee premiums for industry specialization based on samples of PLC and Ltd which are existed in 2014 in London Stock Exchange and supplements the evidence from the United Kingdom by extending to partner level. There are fee premiums for national level, city level, joint level and partner level industry specialists. It is also found that Big 4 are dominant players in the audit market. Key words: Big 4, audit fees, audit quality, industry specialisation, the United Kingdom
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spelling nottingham-469752018-04-10T15:44:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46975/ Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom XU, RUI The dissertation investigates Big 4 audit fee premiums for industry specialization based on samples of PLC and Ltd which are existed in 2014 in London Stock Exchange and supplements the evidence from the United Kingdom by extending to partner level. There are fee premiums for national level, city level, joint level and partner level industry specialists. It is also found that Big 4 are dominant players in the audit market. Key words: Big 4, audit fees, audit quality, industry specialisation, the United Kingdom 2017-10-04 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46975/1/Big%204%20Audit%20Fee%20Premiums%20for%20Auditor%27s%20Industry%20Specialisation.pdf XU, RUI (2017) Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle XU, RUI
Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title_full Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title_fullStr Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title_short Big 4 Audit Fee Premiums for Auditor’s Industry Specialisation Evidence from the United Kingdom
title_sort big 4 audit fee premiums for auditor’s industry specialisation evidence from the united kingdom
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46975/