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Does the Threat of a PCAOB Inspection Mitigate US Institutional Investors' Home Bias?*
Contemporary Accounting Research ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 , DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12700
Yue He 1 , Bing Li 2 , Zhenbin Liu 3 , Jeffrey Pittman 4
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We exploit the staggered introduction of the PCAOB's international inspection program to examine the role that the stringency of public audit oversight plays in shaping US institutional investors' home bias. Analyzing a sample of foreign firms listed in the United States, we evaluate whether US institutional investors hold larger equity stakes in these firms—a longstanding issue that reflects investor portfolio decisions—if their auditors are exposed to the threat of a PCAOB inspection. In a differences-in-differences framework, we find that US-listed foreign firms enjoy an increase in US institutional investors' equity positions after their auditors become subject to PCAOB inspection access. Cross-sectional analysis implies that the benefit of the PCAOB inspection threat in mitigating US institutional investors' home bias is concentrated in foreign countries without a strict local audit oversight system; active US institutional investors that are known to value accounting transparency; and firms from countries that grant PCAOB access later (after the onset of its international inspection program in 2005). Our evidence suggests that foreign firms become better known in the capital markets under the PCAOB inspection program, which induces US institutional investors to acquire larger equity stakes in US-listed foreign firms given the lower information asymmetry that ensues under the PCAOB inspection threat.

中文翻译:

PCAOB 检查的威胁是否减轻了美国机构投资者的家庭偏见?*

我们利用 PCAOB 国际检查计划的交错引入来检查公共审计监督的严格性在塑造美国机构投资者的本国偏见方面所起的作用。通过分析在美国上市的外国公司样本,我们评估美国机构投资者是否在这些公司中持有更大的股权——这是一个反映投资者投资组合决策的长期问题——如果他们的审计师面临 PCAOB 检查的威胁。在差异差异框架中,我们发现在美国上市的外国公司在其审计师接受 PCAOB 审查后,其美国机构投资者的股权头寸增加。横截面分析表明 PCAOB 检查威胁在减轻美国机构投资者的风险方面的好处 本土偏见集中在没有严格的地方审计监督体系的国外;以重视会计透明度而著称的活跃的美国机构投资者;以及后来授予 PCAOB 访问权限的国家的公司(在 2005 年其国际检查计划开始后)。我们的证据表明,在 PCAOB 检查计划下,外国公司在资本市场上的知名度更高,这促使美国机构投资者收购在美国上市的外国公司的更大股权,因为 PCAOB 检查威胁下的信息不对称性较低。以及后来授予 PCAOB 访问权限的国家的公司(在 2005 年其国际检查计划开始后)。我们的证据表明,在 PCAOB 检查计划下,外国公司在资本市场上的知名度更高,这促使美国机构投资者收购在美国上市的外国公司的更大股权,因为 PCAOB 检查威胁下的信息不对称性较低。以及后来授予 PCAOB 访问权限的国家的公司(在 2005 年其国际检查计划开始后)。我们的证据表明,在 PCAOB 检查计划下,外国公司在资本市场上的知名度更高,这促使美国机构投资者收购在美国上市的外国公司的更大股权,因为 PCAOB 检查威胁下的信息不对称性较低。
更新日期:2021-06-05
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