to be less informative or even uninformative. However, there has been doubt about whether expanded audit reports with KAMs are really informative to investors. Contributions This study provided the

of high fraud risk areas, group audits, procedures addressing going concern issues, and professional skepticism Inadequate documentation of audit works Insufficient supervision in certain high-risk

complex audit engagement which requires high judgment and skepticism to the partner or divisions with limited experiences, resulting in such partner or personnel in that division lacking an appropriate

-experienced individuals also likely to possess professional skepticism which will promote the appropriate exercise of judgment by the engagement team. In 2019, the average years of experiences of partners

A String of Earnings Increases, Future Earnings Uncertainty, and Firm Fundamentals* Sarayut Rueangsuwan † Kasetsart University, Thailand August 2015 Abstract Prior literature on meeting or beating

introduce several variables intended to control for the firm’s specific characteristics and other macroeconomic shocks and uncertainty. ❑ Following prior literature on political risk and firm value, we

2. * KPMG 2564 Big 4 (partner) 23 24 4 4 * / professional skepticism 11 3. * KPMG 2563 - 2564 Big 4 15.60% 20.31% * / AQIs 4. * KPMG 2564 Big 4 (staff/ partner ratio) 17 : 1 25 : 1 (staff/ manager

% * / )*100 Signing Partner Engagement Partner EQCR 2 9 AQIs 2. * EY 2563 - 2564 Big 4 (partner) 27 24 5 4 * / professional skepticism 10 3. * EY 2563 - 2564 Big 4 27.33% 20.31% * / AQIs 4. * EY 2564 Big 4

Thailand Executive Summary Over the past year, the Thai capital market experienced tremendous volatility and uncertainty, ranging from the contraction of the world economy and the Thai economy to behavioral

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