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- Title
The Impact of Domain-Specific Internal Audit Education on Financial Reporting Quality and External Audit Efficiency.
- Authors
Calvin, Christopher G.; Holt, Matthew
- Abstract
SYNOPSIS: We investigate how the geographic distribution of domain-specific internal audit education impacts financial reporting quality and audit efficiency in the U.S. Using universities with Centers for Internal Auditing Excellence as proxies for robust internal audit education, we find that companies headquartered in close proximity to these programs have fewer material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting, fewer financial statement misstatements, and shorter audit lags, and sometimes pay lower audit fees compared with a matched sample of companies not in close proximity to these programs. These findings have implications for practitioners responsible for the staffing and quality of their internal audit functions, the Institute of Internal Auditors in its education-collaboration initiatives, and higher-learning institutions responsible for educating future audit practitioners. These findings also contribute to the academic debate on the value of internal audit and determinants of internal audit function quality. Data Availability: Data are available from sources cited in the text.
- Subjects
INSTITUTE of Internal Auditors; INTERNAL auditing; FINANCIAL statements; AUDITING fees; INTERNAL auditors; ACADEMIC debating; TUITION
- Publication
Accounting Horizons, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 2, p47
- ISSN
0888-7993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2308/HORIZONS-2020-105