Costs and benefits of audit quality in the IPO market: A self-selection analysis.

Abstract

Abstract This study examines the trade-offs that an entrepreneur makes in an initial public stock offering (IPO) between the incremental costs and benefits of selecting a Big 6 audit firm. The benefit of hiring a Big 6 auditor is assumed to be reduced underpricing, consistent with Beatty (1989) and Balvers et al. (1988). The cost of hiring a Big 6 auditor is higher auditor compensation. Evidence drawn from a sample of lPOs during the early 1990's is consistent with a differentiated market for audit services where owners select the type of auditor that minimizes the sum of underpricing and auditor compensation costs.

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