Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia

The issue of auditor independence has attracted the attention of the government, accounting bodies, and the general public especially after the unfolding of major international and local accounting scandals. The provision of non-audit services by auditors to their clients has been a matter of con...

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Main Author: Merza, Intan Liyana
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-usm-ep.474522020-10-22T03:03:22Z Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia 2012 Merza, Intan Liyana HF5001-6182 Business The issue of auditor independence has attracted the attention of the government, accounting bodies, and the general public especially after the unfolding of major international and local accounting scandals. The provision of non-audit services by auditors to their clients has been a matter of concern for many years as a threat to the auditor independence. However, the joint provision of non-audit services and audit services is also claimed to create knowledge spillovers that leads to a more efficient audit work. The purpose of this paper was to investigate knowledge spillovers by examining the association between audit fee and non-audit services. A sample of 696 firm-year observations from the financial reports of Malaysian public listed companies over the period 2007-2009 was obtained. The relationship between non-audit services and audit fee was tested by controlling other variables using regression analyses. 2012 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/47452/ http://eprints.usm.my/47452/1/INTAN%20LIYANA%20MERZA0000%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Siswazah Perniagaan
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Merza, Intan Liyana
Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
description The issue of auditor independence has attracted the attention of the government, accounting bodies, and the general public especially after the unfolding of major international and local accounting scandals. The provision of non-audit services by auditors to their clients has been a matter of concern for many years as a threat to the auditor independence. However, the joint provision of non-audit services and audit services is also claimed to create knowledge spillovers that leads to a more efficient audit work. The purpose of this paper was to investigate knowledge spillovers by examining the association between audit fee and non-audit services. A sample of 696 firm-year observations from the financial reports of Malaysian public listed companies over the period 2007-2009 was obtained. The relationship between non-audit services and audit fee was tested by controlling other variables using regression analyses.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Merza, Intan Liyana
author_facet Merza, Intan Liyana
author_sort Merza, Intan Liyana
title Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
title_short Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
title_full Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge Spillover: The Impact Of Types And Recurrence Of Non-Audit Services On Audit Fees In Malaysia
title_sort knowledge spillover: the impact of types and recurrence of non-audit services on audit fees in malaysia
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Siswazah Perniagaan
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.usm.my/47452/1/INTAN%20LIYANA%20MERZA0000%20cut.pdf
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