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dc.contributor.authorBeisland, Leif Atle
dc.contributor.authorMersland, Roy
dc.contributor.authorStrøm, R. Øystein
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-01T06:39:23Z
dc.date.available2021-09-01T06:39:23Z
dc.date.created2018-07-17T13:16:02Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-16
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Emerging Markets. 2018, 13 (2), 371-390.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-8809
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2772061
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The traditional view in audit research has been that high-quality auditors are associated with improved access to funding. This study is motivated by recent research suggesting that the funding benefits of using Big Four auditors may not be as uniform as was previously assumed. To further examine the contention that the implications of audit quality are context dependent, we turn to the microfinance industry. Specifically, we apply data from microfinance institutions in developing and emerging countries, a population typically not investigated in accounting research, to analyze the relationship between use of Big Four auditors and access to debt capital. Design/methodology/approach: We apply a unique hand-collected dataset from 59 developing and emerging markets and empirically investigate whether access to various sorts of debt is related to the use of Big Four auditors. Findings: Controlling for firm characteristics found in prior research to affect access to capital, we are unable to document a significant relation between use of Big Four auditors and access to debt capital. Thus, we conclude that one of the main benefits of using Big Four auditors seems not to extend to the poor countries of the world. Originality/value: Big Four auditors are expensive. Our findings potentially have implications for auditor choice in poor countries; why should an organization pay extra for auditing if no benefits from the higher price can be documented?en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEmeralden_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Emerging Markets;Volume 13, Issue 2
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectAudit qualityen_US
dc.subjectDebt costsen_US
dc.subjectFund raisingen_US
dc.subjectMicrofinanceen_US
dc.subjectEmerging marketsen_US
dc.subjectAccounting firmsen_US
dc.titleUse of Big Four auditors and fund raising: evidence from developing and emerging marketsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limiteden_US
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-11-2016-0321
dc.identifier.cristin1597644
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Emerging Marketsen_US
dc.source.volume13en_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.source.pagenumber371-390en_US


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