PCAOB International Inspections and Merger and Acquisition Outcomes

Yongtae KIM; Lixin Nancy SU; Gaoguang Stephen ZHOU; Xindong Kevin ZHU

doi:10.1016/j.jacceco.2020.101318

PCAOB International Inspections and Merger and Acquisition Outcomes

Yongtae KIM^*, Lixin Nancy SU, Gaoguang Stephen ZHOU, Xindong Kevin ZHU

^*Corresponding author for this work

Lingnan University

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Abstract

This study examines how PCAOB international inspections of non-U.S. auditors affect international Merger and Acquisition (M&A) outcomes. We find that clients of inspected auditors are more likely to become acquisition targets after the public disclosure of auditor’s inspection report. We also find that deal completion is more likely and deal announcement returns are higher if deals involve targets with auditors for which inspection reports are available. Engagement deficiencies and unremediated quality control deficiencies identified in inspection reports weaken the positive effect of PCAOB oversight on M&A outcomes. Collectively, our results suggest that PCAOB oversight reduces information uncertainty in M&A deals.

Original language	English
Article number	101318
Journal	Journal of Accounting and Economics
Volume	70
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2020.101318
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

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We thank Joanna Wu (the editor), an anonymous referee, Inder Khurana, Ke Wang (discussant), and the conference/workshop participants at 2018 European Accounting Association Conference, 2018 MIT Asian Conference in Accounting, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for valuable comments. All errors are our own.

Keywords

Audit quality
Merger and acquisition
PCAOB international inspection

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