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Are Big 4 Auditors Different from Non-Big 4 Auditors in terms of Audit Quality? - Evidence from Korean Firms

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dc.contributor.advisor최종학-
dc.contributor.author이승희-
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-14T04:46:52Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-14T04:46:52Z-
dc.date.issued2013-02-
dc.identifier.other000000008868-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/124410-
dc.description학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 경영학과 회계학 전공, 2013. 2. 최종학.-
dc.description.abstract회계법인과 회계사들이 합리적인 감사품질을 유지하는지에 대한 연구는 현재 회계 감사 논문들의 최대의 관심사 중 하나이다. 회사의 이해관계자들은 자신들과 관련 있는 회사들이 Big 4 와 Non-Big 4 중 어느 회계법인을 선택하는지에 대해 많은 관심을 두고 있다. 미국 기업들을 대상으로 한 Lawrence et al. (2011)을 바탕으로, 본 논문에서는 한국 기업들을 대상으로 Big 4 와 Non-Big 4 사이의 감사품질 측정치에 대한 차이가 감사대상인 회사들의 고유의 특성들에 의해 생겼는지 보고자 한다. 감사품질을 추정하기 위한 측정치들로 재량적 발생액과 보수적 회계처리 수준을 사용하였고, 경향점수 모형 (propensity-score matched model)을 사용하여 두 집단간의 감사대상인 회사들의 특성들을 통제한 후 감사품질의 효과를 측정하였다. Ordinary least square 회귀분석과 propensity-score matched model을 비교하여 분석한 결과, 처리효과(treatment effect)에 따른 Big 4 회계법인의 재량적 발생액이 Non-Big 4 회계법인보다 낮은 결과를 얻었는데, 이는 감사대상인 고객 회사의 고유의 특성 때문이 아니고 회계법인 수준에서 차이가 있다는 것을 시사한다. 반면에, 처리효과에 따른 Big 4 이나 Non-Big 4 회계법인의 보수적 회계처리 수준은 비슷하다는 결과를 얻었는데, 즉 과거 논문에서의 감사품질의 차이는 회계법인 수준에서가 아닌 감사대상인 고객 회사들의 고유의 특성 때문이었다는 것을 이 논문 결과를 통해 알 수 있었다. 이 결과들을 종합해보면, 한국 내의 Big 4 와 Non-Big 4의 감사품질의 차이는 감사품질 측정치 선택에 따라 달라진 다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 논문의 공헌점은 비록 논문의 결과가 회계법인들의 감사품질 차이에 대한 의문점의 모든 해결책을 제시해주고 있지는 않으나, 앞으로 감사대상인의 고유의 특성과 감사품질의 효과를 분리하여 측정 할 수 있는 다른 방법론의 연구들에 방향성을 제시하고 있다는 점에서 그 의의를 찾을 수 있다.-
dc.description.abstractThe great interest of auditing literatures is to investigate reasonable audit quality of audit firms or auditors. The selection of auditors between Big 4 and Non-Big 4 continuously receives much attention by stakeholders. In this study, I examine whether Big 4 and Non-Big 4 differences in audit quality proxies are attributed to client characteristics in Korean setting, similar to Lawrence et al. (2011) using U.S. firms. In my analysis, I use two audit-quality proxies – discretionary accruals and the magnitude of conservatism – and employ propensity-score matched model to control the client characteristics differences between two clienteles while estimating the audit-quality effects. Comparing ordinary least square regression and propensity-score matched model results, I find the treatment effects of Big 4 auditors are significantly different from those of Non-Big 4 auditors with respect to discretionary accruals, but insignificantly different from those of Non-Big 4 auditors with respect to the magnitude of conservatism. My results suggest that the differences in these proxies between Big 4 and Non-Big 4 auditors depend on the types of audit-quality measures used for Korean client firms, meaning discretionary accruals results between Big 4 and Non-Big 4 are not a reflection of their respective clients characteristics while conservatism results are. I caution the reader that this study does not fully answer the question of such audit-quality differences, but the future research should explore the alternative methodologies to separate client characteristics from the audit-quality effects.-
dc.description.tableofcontentsABSTRACT ··························································· 1, 44
List of Tables ·························································· 4

I. INTRODUCTION ·························································· 5

II. PRIOR LITERATURES and HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT
2.1 Prior Literatures ···································· 8
2.2 Hypothesis Development ···················· 10

III. RESEARCH DESIGN and SAMPLE SELECTION
3.1 Propensity Score Matching ···················· 12
3.2 Sample Selection ···································· 15

IV. RESULTS
4.1 Analysis 1: Discretionary Accruals
4.1.1 Method ···································· 16
4.1.2 Result ···································· 18
4.2 Analysis 2: The Magnitude of Conservatism
4.2.1 Method ···································· 21
4.2.2 Result ···································· 22

V. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
5.1 Auditor Industry Specialization ············· 23
5.1.1 Method ···································· 25
5.1.2 Result ···································· 26

VI. CONCLUSION ·························································· 27

VII. REFERENCE ·························································· 29
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dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisher서울대학교 대학원-
dc.subjectBig 4-
dc.subjectNon-Big 4-
dc.subjectaudit quality-
dc.subjectdiscretionary accruals-
dc.subjectthe magnitude of conservatism-
dc.subjectpropensity-score matching-
dc.subject.ddc658-
dc.titleAre Big 4 Auditors Different from Non-Big 4 Auditors in terms of Audit Quality? - Evidence from Korean Firms-
dc.typeThesis-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthorLee, Seunghee-
dc.description.degreeMaster-
dc.citation.pages45-
dc.contributor.affiliation경영대학 경영학과-
dc.date.awarded2013-02-
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