Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies
High economic policy uncertainty in China amplifies operational risks and managerial pressure for businesses while driving the demand for independent audits. However, previous studies have paid limited attention to the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees. This study aims to examine t...
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| description | High economic policy uncertainty in China amplifies operational risks and managerial pressure for businesses while driving the demand for independent audits. However, previous studies have paid limited attention to the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees. This study aims to examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees and to test whether the internal control quality will moderate this association at the firm level. This study employs the economic policy uncertainty index to measure uncertainty. The paper examines 3,469 Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2020, using STATA 17 for fixed-effects regression on panel data. The results show a robust positive association between economic policy uncertainty and audit fees (β = 0.0302, p < 0.001). However, this association is weaker for companies with better internal control quality (β = –0.0229, p < 0.001), suggesting that effective internal controls can mitigate the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees. Furthermore, the findings indicate that this positive association is weaker for state-owned companies compared to non-state-owned companies (β = –0.0170, p < 0.001). At the same time, the study does not establish a significant difference in the positive association between TOP 10 and non-TOP 10 accounting firms. This study examines the adverse effects of economic policy uncertainty from the perspective of audit fees. The results have implications for stakeholders, including the need for companies to establish effective internal controls and good government-business relationships and for governments to reduce economic policy uncertainty and increase transparency in their policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa8f35d8527c42748d9af194d055cb852023-09-20T12:37:45ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672023-09-0121368269710.21511/ppm.21(3).2023.5318842Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companiesMing Cheng0Chonlavit Sutunyarak1Ph.D. Student, Assistant Professor, Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-OkPh.D., Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth International Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-OkHigh economic policy uncertainty in China amplifies operational risks and managerial pressure for businesses while driving the demand for independent audits. However, previous studies have paid limited attention to the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees. This study aims to examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees and to test whether the internal control quality will moderate this association at the firm level. This study employs the economic policy uncertainty index to measure uncertainty. The paper examines 3,469 Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2020, using STATA 17 for fixed-effects regression on panel data. The results show a robust positive association between economic policy uncertainty and audit fees (β = 0.0302, p < 0.001). However, this association is weaker for companies with better internal control quality (β = –0.0229, p < 0.001), suggesting that effective internal controls can mitigate the impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees. Furthermore, the findings indicate that this positive association is weaker for state-owned companies compared to non-state-owned companies (β = –0.0170, p < 0.001). At the same time, the study does not establish a significant difference in the positive association between TOP 10 and non-TOP 10 accounting firms. This study examines the adverse effects of economic policy uncertainty from the perspective of audit fees. The results have implications for stakeholders, including the need for companies to establish effective internal controls and good government-business relationships and for governments to reduce economic policy uncertainty and increase transparency in their policies.https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/18842/PPM_2023_03_Cheng.pdfaccounting firmsaudit decisionsaudit feeseconomic policy uncertaintyinternal control quality |
| spellingShingle | Ming Cheng Chonlavit Sutunyarak Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies Problems and Perspectives in Management accounting firms audit decisions audit fees economic policy uncertainty internal control quality |
| title | Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies |
| title_full | Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies |
| title_short | Impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese listed companies |
| title_sort | impact of economic policy uncertainty on audit fees evidence from chinese listed companies |
| topic | accounting firms audit decisions audit fees economic policy uncertainty internal control quality |
| url | https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/18842/PPM_2023_03_Cheng.pdf |
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