The Influence of Auditor Quality and Executive Compensation Structure on Financial Reporting Executives' Restatement Decisions in a Clawback Environment
Abstract:Based on a recent SEC proposal, publicly traded companies will be required to adopt a clawback in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act. In response, firms have been voluntarily adopting clawbacks at an increasing rate. Prior research finds one benefit of voluntarily adopting a clawback is a decrease in restatements. A recent study by Pyzoha (2015) uses an experiment to further investigate restatements in a clawback environment by studying executives' restatement decisions based on auditor quality and executive c… Show more
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