Prior study (Firth 1997) examines Big N audit fee premiums by adding a “big auditor” indicator variable in the audit fee determination model. But this dummy variable may be endogenous and cause self-selection bias because clients may not be randomly assigned across Big N and non-Big N auditors (Ireland and Lennox 2002; Chaney et al. 2004). In this paper we first run the ordinary least square (OLS) regression of the audit fee determination model, and Big N audit fee premiums are identified across years. To examine self-selection bias, we employ a Heckman model and a treatment effects model, estimated by both two-step and full maximum likelihood approaches. Results show Big N audit fee premiums across years for Norwegian audit market.
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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