This paper examines the extent to which price is the determining factor in the procurement of audit services. In Sweden 72% of municipalites chose audit firms with the lowest bid. Both political competition and competition between audit firms were found to affect whether price was the decisive criterion or not
This paper examines the effect of auditor competition on the cost of bank loans of client firms. Exp...
Studies of audit fees have focused on the audit market and on the organisational costs related to th...
This thesis focuses on the interface of operation research and accounting. Owing to the transparency...
In this study, we perform a comprehensive analysis of municipal auditing, exploring its several step...
This paper studies regional differences in price and competition in municipal competitive procuremen...
The bidding process in public procurement in Sweden is a first-price sealed bid auction. Although th...
The bidding process in public procurement in Sweden is a first-price, sealed bid auction. Although t...
This study differs from prior audit pricing-studies as 1) it focuses on the issue of price competiti...
This paper asks if low political competition is associated with manipulation of public procurement p...
With the purpose of explaining professional audit costs in Swedish municipalities, we hypothesised t...
De kommunala aktiebolagen måste granskas av en auktoriserad revisor. Dock måste dessa upphandlas enl...
Abstract. This paper investigates the impact of a ministry’s budget size on the choice between audit...
This study analyses whether municipal ownership affects and determines audit fees. Our model of the ...
We compare beauty contests with first-price sealed-bid and scoring auctions, using data on public pr...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of competition in the audit market on both audi...
This paper examines the effect of auditor competition on the cost of bank loans of client firms. Exp...
Studies of audit fees have focused on the audit market and on the organisational costs related to th...
This thesis focuses on the interface of operation research and accounting. Owing to the transparency...
In this study, we perform a comprehensive analysis of municipal auditing, exploring its several step...
This paper studies regional differences in price and competition in municipal competitive procuremen...
The bidding process in public procurement in Sweden is a first-price sealed bid auction. Although th...
The bidding process in public procurement in Sweden is a first-price, sealed bid auction. Although t...
This study differs from prior audit pricing-studies as 1) it focuses on the issue of price competiti...
This paper asks if low political competition is associated with manipulation of public procurement p...
With the purpose of explaining professional audit costs in Swedish municipalities, we hypothesised t...
De kommunala aktiebolagen måste granskas av en auktoriserad revisor. Dock måste dessa upphandlas enl...
Abstract. This paper investigates the impact of a ministry’s budget size on the choice between audit...
This study analyses whether municipal ownership affects and determines audit fees. Our model of the ...
We compare beauty contests with first-price sealed-bid and scoring auctions, using data on public pr...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of competition in the audit market on both audi...
This paper examines the effect of auditor competition on the cost of bank loans of client firms. Exp...
Studies of audit fees have focused on the audit market and on the organisational costs related to th...
This thesis focuses on the interface of operation research and accounting. Owing to the transparency...