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Auditor's Reputation and Equity Offerings: The Case of Arthur Andersen

Auditor's Reputation and Equity Offerings: The Case of Arthur Andersen The certifying and monitoring role of auditors is valuable to clients. By examining the impact of Arthur Andersen's worsening reputation on its clients, we find a 200 basis point more negative reaction to seasoned equity offering (SEO) announcements for firms audited by Andersen. The median firm in our sample loses 31.4 million more than a non‐Andersen client. We do not find any unusual underpricing for these SEOs, which suggests that any accounting concerns about the issuers are resolved before the issue dates. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Financial Management Wiley

Auditor's Reputation and Equity Offerings: The Case of Arthur Andersen

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2005 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0046-3892
eISSN
1755-053X
DOI
10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00121.x
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Abstract

The certifying and monitoring role of auditors is valuable to clients. By examining the impact of Arthur Andersen's worsening reputation on its clients, we find a 200 basis point more negative reaction to seasoned equity offering (SEO) announcements for firms audited by Andersen. The median firm in our sample loses 31.4 million more than a non‐Andersen client. We do not find any unusual underpricing for these SEOs, which suggests that any accounting concerns about the issuers are resolved before the issue dates.

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Financial ManagementWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2005

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