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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/IJACT.2022.10.3.202

The Impact of Corporate International Diversification on Audit Fees and Audit Hours  

Cho, Jungeun (College of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
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International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology / v.10, no.3, 2022 , pp. 202-209 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates the association between corporate international diversification and audit fees and audit hours. Korean firms' overseas investment has rapidly increased in recent years and the trend of international diversification is expected to accelerate in the future. Thus, it is important to investigate how auditors respond to globally diversified firms. Our empirical findings show that internationally diversified firms incur higher audit fees and audit hours. This suggests that auditors perceive global diversification as being a higher business risk and require higher external audit fees so that they can decrease audit risk arising from inherent organizational complexity. Further, auditors expand audit procedures to collect more audit evidences, exerting increased audit effort. This study provides empirical evidences that corporate global diversification results in higher audit fees and audit hours. Auditors may refer to these results when planning their audit and determining audit fees and audit hours.
Keywords
International Diversification; Audit Fees; Audit Hours; Audit Risk;
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