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Audit firms face downward-sloping demand curves and the audit market is far from perfectly competitive

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  • Joseph Gerakos

    (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College)

  • Chad Syverson

    (University of Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER)

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We discuss the discrete choice demand estimation methods applied by Guo et al. (2017) in the audit setting. We then review insights into audit market competition that demand estimation has already provided. We conclude that the audit market is far from perfectly competitive.

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  • Joseph Gerakos & Chad Syverson, 2017. "Audit firms face downward-sloping demand curves and the audit market is far from perfectly competitive," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 1582-1594, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:reaccs:v:22:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s11142-017-9418-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11142-017-9418-y
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    Keywords

    Auditing; Demand estimation; Competititon;
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    JEL classification:

    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
    • L84 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Personal, Professional, and Business Services

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