Determinants of audit report lag in the banking industry: updated evidence Online publication date: Sat, 27-Dec-2014
by Fatima A. Alali; Randal J. Elder
International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation (IJAAPE), Vol. 10, No. 4, 2014
Abstract: This study examines the determinants of audit report lag (ARL) in the banking industry. Using data from 2001-2010 and models developed from prior research for banks, the pooled sample results show that bank size measured by market capitalisation and profitability measured by return on assets are associated with shorter ARL. Extraordinary items and higher abnormal audit fees are associated with longer ARL. We find that these results are driven by large banks that are subject to internal control requirements under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We find that the audit of internal controls over financial reporting and the presence of material weaknesses in internal controls are associated with longer ARL in the large bank subsample. The study provides updated evidence on the determinants of audit report lag in the banking industry and finds that the determinants of ARL have changed over a period of regulatory and economic changes in the last decade.
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