Auditors' Role in Fair Value Monitoring: Evidence from Security-Level Data

I study the role of the audit firm as monitor of its clients’ fair value (FV) measurements. Specifically, using a setting in the insurance industry where I can identify fair values at the security level, I find that audit firms’ security-specific FV experience is associated with increased consistenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berfeld, Natalie
Other Authors: Shroff, Nemit
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139968