Generalist CEOs and audit pricing

We analyze the consequences of a firm hiring a generalist CEO in terms of the audit fees paid by the firm. We find that audit fees of clients with generalist CEOs are higher than those of clients with specialist CEOs. This relation is robust to considering managerial ability, other CEO characteristi...

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Main Authors: MA, Zhiming, WANG, Rencheng, ZHOU, Kaitang
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1923
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2950/viewcontent/GeneralistCEOs_2021_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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