Do abnormal IPO audit fees signal IPO audit quality and post-IPO performance? A principal-agent analysis based on evidence from China.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hung Chan ◽  
Phyllis L. L. Mo ◽  
Weiyin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
Ipo Performance ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Public Offering

We assess the unexplained information content of abnormal audit fees using a sample of initial public offering (IPO) audits in China. We find that abnormal IPO audit fees are positively associated with manipulation of pre-IPO real activities, suggesting lower audit quality for IPO financial statements. We further find that abnormal IPO audit fees are negatively associated with post-IPO financial performance. These results suggest a strong alignment of interests between the principal (pre-IPO shareholders), whose main interest is to gain listing status, and its agent (the auditor), who is willing to cooperate with the principal for extra economic rents (abnormal audit fees). Our findings that abnormal IPO audit fees are associated with lower audit quality and can help predict post-IPO financial performance have important implications for audit regulators, IPO market participants, and the applicability of agency theory in the context of IPO audits.

U.S. Big 4 and Local Auditors in the China Initial Public Offering Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Yuan Feng ◽  
Hua-Wei Huang ◽  
Mai Dao
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Corporate Fraud ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Investment Distortions ◽  
Ipo Pricing ◽  
Public Offering

This paper examines (1) whether auditor type affects initial public offering (IPO) pricing; (2) whether the effect of IPO pricing is different for clients with different ownership structures. We find that (1) firms being audited by Big 4 accounting firms receive IPO premium while others being audited by local accounting firms do not; (2) Big 4 auditors receive higher audit fees than China’s Top 10 or small local auditors. This paper extends the prior research (e.g., Kumar, P and N Langberg (2009). Corporate fraud and investment distortions in efficient capital markets. The RAND Journal of Economics, 40, 144–172) that reduces agency conflicts between shareholders and manager (by means of better audit quality) and also reconciles corporate misreporting and investment distortions.

scholarly journals Audit Fees and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos in North RIFT, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Dorris Serem ◽  
Dr. Rashid Fwamba ◽  
Dr. Alala Benedict
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Firm Experience ◽  
The Impact

The collapse of Deposit-Taking SACCOS and financial institutions in Kenya has caught the attention of the public and supervisory agencies to query the quality of audit. SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority on its inspection report indicated that SACCOs have been implicated in maladministration, scams and fraudulent dealings that led to their eventual collapse. SASRA also revoked licenses and rejected audited financial statements of some Deposit Taking SACCOs between 2013 to 2017.These financial scandals have been traced to poor audit quality. The study aimed to test the impact of audit quality on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The study sought to establish the influence of audit fees on financial performance; determine the influence of audit firm tenure on financial performance; establish the influence of auditor independence on financial performance and to determine the influence of audit firm experience on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. This study was based on Agency theory, Role theory and the Concept of audit expectation gap, and Stakeholders’ theory. This research adopted descriptive cross-sectional research design. The target population for the study was 266 staff of all the 16 registered Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The sample size was 48 respondents comprising of chief executive officers, finance officers and internal auditors of the Deposit-Taking SACCOs selected using purposive sampling method. Primary and secondary data was used. Questionnaires collected primary data while audited annual financial statements of SACCOs provided secondary data. Inferential and descriptive statistics was used in analyzing data through SPSS version 25. It emerged that audit fees, audit firm tenure and audit firm experience have a significant positive influence on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. Auditor independence had an insignificant positive influence on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The study concluded that audit quality has a positive noteworthy impact on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in Kenya. The study recommends that regulatory authorities should formulate strict rules on audit fee charges and oversee the implementation of the same. Also, SASRA should ensure DT-SACCOs implement auditor rotation in compliance with auditing regulations and standards. DT-SACCOs to consider auditor’s professional competence and experience before initiating any audit engagement. Finally, DT-SACCOs and auditors should reinforce the professional code of ethics in regard to auditor independence in terms of familiarity between auditor and the client that may lead audit work into jeopardy.

scholarly journals Impactos da oferta pública inicial de ações no desempenho econômico-financeiro de empresas brasileiras na B3

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-224
Author(s):  
João Paulo Albuquerque Kalil ◽  
Gideon Carvalho de Benedicto
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Financing Decisions ◽  
Ipo Performance ◽  
Public Offering

 Resumo: Neste artigo objetivou-se discutir os impactos do Initial Public Offering (IPO) no desempenho econômico-financeiro de empresas brasileiras listadas na B3. Esses impactos foram analisados em termos de: crescimento das vendas, rentabilidade dos ativos, rentabilidade do patrimônio líquido e lucratividade das vendas. Para alcançar os objetivos, foi utilizada a base de dados das empresas que realizaram IPO no período de 2008 a 2013. Na pesquisa apresentaram-se fundamentos teóricos e informações advindas de pesquisas e instituições compreendendo revisão da literatura, temas relativos às decisões de financiamento, oferta pública inicial de ações e desempenho econômico-financeiro de empresas por meio de indicadores. A metodologia, de forma geral, tratou-se de pesquisa explicativa e quantitativa. As demonstrações financeiras foram coletadas por meio dos relatórios financeiros disponíveis no site de cada empresa e também no site da B3. A amostra final contemplou 28 empresas de diversos tamanhos e setores. Mais especificamente, foi utilizada metodologia de estatística multivariada com modelos econométricos de regressão linear múltipla em dados em painel. Com base nessa discussão, os resultados encontrados sugerem que a realização do IPO gerou impacto positivo no crescimento das receitas líquidas de vendas. Por outro lado, o IPO resultou em impacto negativo no desempenho das empresas em termos de rentabilidade dos ativos e patrimônio líquido. Por fim, a variável IPO não apresentou significância no modelo de lucratividade das vendas medida pela margem líquida. Palavras-chave: Decisões de financiamento. Mercado de capitais. IPO. Desempenho de empresas.   Impacts of the initial public offer of shares in economic and financial performance of brazilian companies in B3   Abstract: The article aimed to discuss the impacts of the IPO on the economic-financial performance of Brazilian companies listed in B3. These impacts were analyzed in terms of: sales growth; profitability of assets; return on shareholders' equity; and profitability of sales. In order to reach the objectives, the database of the companies that carried out the IPO between 2008 and 2013 was used. The research presented theoretical foundations and information from researches and institutions, including literature review, financing decisions, initial public offering of stock and economic-financial performance of companies through indicators. The methodology, in general, was an explicative and quantitative research. The financial statements were collected through the financial reports available on each company's website and also on the B3 website. The final sample included 28 companies of different sizes and sectors. More specifically, a multivariate statistical methodology was used with multiple linear regression econometric models in panel data. Based on this discussion, the results suggest that the IPO generated a positive impact on the growth of net sales revenues. On the other hand, the IPO resulted in a negative impact on the performance of companies in terms of the profitability of assets and shareholders' equity. Finally, the IPO variable was not significant in the sales profitability model measured by the net margin. Keywords: Financing decisions. Capital market. IPO. Performance of companies.

An Empirical Investigation of IPO Underpricing and the Change to the LLP Organization of Audit Firms

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Muzatko ◽  
Karla M. Johnstone ◽  
Brian W. Mayhew ◽  
Larry E. Rittenberg
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Litigation Risk ◽  
Ipo Underpricing ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Public Offering

This paper examines the relationship between the 1994 change in audit firm legal structure from general partnerships to limited liability partnerships (LLPs) on underpricing in the initial public offering (IPO) market. The change in legal structure of audit firms reduces an audit firm's wealth at risk from litigation damages and reduces the incentives for intrafirm monitoring by partners within an audit firm. Prior research suggests that underpricing protects underwriters from litigation damages, and that the level of underpricing varies inversely with both the amount of implicit insurance provided by the audit firm and the quality of the audit services provided. We hypothesize the change in audit firm legal structure reduced the assets available from audit firms in IPO-related litigation and indirectly reduced audit quality by lowering intrafirm monitoring. As a result, underwriters have incentives as a joint and several defendant with the audit firms to increase IPO underpricing, particularly for high-litigation-risk IPOs, following audit firms' shifts to LLP status. Our findings are consistent with this hypothesis.

scholarly journals Determinants of intellectual capital disclosure in initial public offerings: case of Canadian firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanen Ghorbel ◽  
Hela Elleuch
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Public Offering

<p>The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of intellectual capital information’s of firms that went through IPO.              Our sample includes 43 firms that IPOs listed in the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2012 of which the prospectuses for the initial public offering are available. Our study, unlike other studies focuses on the issuing prospectuses. The paper applied a disclosure index comprising of 78 items (Bukh and al (2005)) to quantify the amount of information regarding intellectual capital included in the IPO prospectuses of canadian firms. Multiple regression model and Correlation is used. The results revealed that the managerial ownership, the presence of an audit committee and industry are significantly associated with the voluntary disclosure of information about the intellectual capital in prospectuses. While firm size, age, the audit committee’ activity and audit quality do not affect disclosure. The results are interpreted in the light of the increasing importance of disclosing information on intellectual capital to the capital market a in case of IPO and constitute a contribution to the ongoing debate on corporate reporting practices.</p>

scholarly journals Oversubscribed, Undersubscribed dan Initial Public Offering (IPO) Saham Syariah di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Lalu Ahmad Ramadani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Signaling Theory ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Corporate Financial Performance ◽  
Public Offering

Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat penyebab terjadinya fenomena Oversubscribed dan Undersubscribed pada saham yang melakukan Initial Public Offering (IPO). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif diskriptif dengan pendekatan studi literature. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa faktor penyebab terjadinya fenomena Oversubscribed dan Undersubscribed IPO saham yaitu Signaling Theory, Shariah Compliance Status, Corporate Image, Perusahaan Ekspansif dan Corporate Financial Performance. Dengan adanya beberapa faktor tersebut, investor akan merespon dengan cepat saham perusahaan yang ditawarkan. Hal itu akan menjadi penyebab munculnya fenomena oversubscriptions atau undersubscriptions ketika perusahaan melakukan Initial Public Offering. Kata kunci: Oversubscribed, Undersubscribed dan Initial Public Offering (IPO)

scholarly journals The Impact of R&D Alliance on the Survival of Newly Listed High Tech Firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Vicar S. Valencia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Estimation Strategy ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the extent to which R&D alliance participation affects the survival performance of newly listed high tech firms. The estimation strategy identifies the impact through changes on a firm’s alliance status. Using longitudinal data on high tech firms that had an initial public offering in the United States, results suggest that R&D collaborating firms experience greater survival, relative to non-R&D collaborating firms. In particular, participation in an R&D alliance is associated with an attenuation of delistment due to poor financial performance.

ASIAN AMERICAN-FOUNDED VENTURES IN SILICON VALLEY: CHALLENGES, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, AND PERFORMANCE

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 355-375
Author(s):  
DAVID Y. CHOI ◽  
DONG CHEN ◽  
WOO JIN LEE
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Ipo Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the performance of Silicon Valley ventures with Asian-American founding teams. We review some challenges faced by these ventures, compare their performance with that of other ventures, and analyze the impact of strategic partnerships on their performance. Our results indicate that firms founded by Asian American entrepreneurs tend to require more time to reach initial public offering (IPO) status than do other ventures in Silicon Valley. Our results further show that, despite needing this extra time, Asian American-founded ventures significantly outperformed their counterparts in 12-month post-IPO share price gain. This superior short-term post-IPO performance suggests that Asian American firms, particularly those that lacked relationships with U.S.-based strategic investors, might have been undervalued prior to and at IPO.

The Effect Of Geographic Dispersion On The Initial And Long-Run IPO Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 869-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Ozdemir
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Geographic Dispersion ◽  
Ipo Performance ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Restaurant Firms ◽  
Public Offering

This study examines the effect of geographic dispersion on the short-run and long-run initial public offering (IPO) performance of restaurant firms. Sample of the study consists of 103 restaurant IPOs conducted between 1981 and 2011. The study finds that being geographically dispersed or concentrated in a small area does not lead to a significant difference in the initial returns of restaurant IPOs. Yet the analysis shows that restaurant firms with geographically dispersed operations have significantly higher long-run returns in the post-IPO period compared with their local counterparts. This is evidenced by the significantly larger cumulative abnormal returns for geographically dispersed restaurant firms in the post-IPO period.

Venture Capital Reputation, Post-IPO Performance, and Corporate Governance

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1295-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. V. Krishnan ◽  
Vladimir I. Ivanov ◽  
Ronald W. Masulis ◽  
Ajai K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Ipo Performance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Public Offering

AbstractWe examine the association of a venture capital (VC) firm’s reputation with the post-initial public offering (IPO) long-run performance of its portfolio firms. We find that VC reputation, measured by the past market share of VC-backed IPOs, has significant positive associations with long-run firm performance measures. While more reputable VCs initially select better-quality firms, more reputable VCs continue to be associated with superior long-run performance, even after controlling for VC selectivity. We find that more reputable VCs exhibit more active post-IPO involvement in the corporate governance of their portfolio firms, and this continued VC involvement positively influences post-IPO firm performance.

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