归属学者：

马茜群 ; 王琦

归属院系：

商学院（监察审计学院）

作者：

Ma, Qianqun¹ ; Zhou, Jianan ; Wang, Qi²

摘要：

PurposeUsing China's key audit matters (KAMs) data, this study aims to examine whether negative press coverage alleviates boilerplate KAMs. Design/methodology/approachThis study uses Levenshtein edit distance (LVD) to calculate the horizontal boilerplate of KAMs and investigates how boilerplate changes under different levels of the perceived legal risk. FindingsThe findings indicate that auditors of firms exposed to substantial negative press coverage will reduce the boilerplate of KAMs. This association is more significant for auditing firms with lower market share and client firms with higher financial distress. Additionally, the authors find that negative press coverage is more likely to alleviate the boilerplate disclosure of KAMs related to managers' subjective estimation and material transactions and events. Furthermore, the association between negative press coverage and boilerplate KAMs varies with the source of negative news. Originality/valueThe findings suggest that upon exposure to negative press coverage, reducing the boilerplate of KAMs has a disclaimer effect for auditors.

语种：

英文

出版日期：

2022-12

学科：

工商管理; 管理科学与工程

收录：

SSCI

提交日期：

2023-03-27

引用参考：

Ma, Qianqun; Zhou, Jianan; Wang, Qi. Disclaimer effect of key audit matters in China: negative press coverage and boilerplate[J]. MANAGERIAL AUDITING JOURNAL,():.