Can Big Auditors Increase Enterprises Value?

摘要

Based on the large sample data of 2009-2011 A-shares market, the paper tests whether the current capital market in China has cultivated higher quality auditors by studying whether big auditors can increase clients' market value. The results were analyzed by multiple regression analyses. It shows that audit firms, whether the international Big 4 auditors or national leading ones, pose no significant positive influence on enterprises value, which further indicates that there is still room to improve the capital market environment in China.