Overconfidence and audit fees: does fiscal council influence this relationship?

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https://doi.org/10.21680/2176-9036.2022v14n2ID24241

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Behavioral Accounting, Decision Making, CEO, Material Risk

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the role of fiscal council as a mechanism capable of changing the manager's ability to influence audit fees.

Methodology: 231 observations of publicly-held companies that traded their shares on [B]³ in 2017 were analyzed. To investigate the relationship object of this study, an analysis was performed using multiple linear regression with the OLS estimator.

Results: In the analyzed sample, it was identified that managers' overconfidence increases audit costs, which is consistent with the argument that managers' overconfidence can increase the risk of material error. However, possibly due to characteristics of the emerging environment or different levels of efficiency of the fiscal council, it was not possible to confirm the hypothesis that the fiscal council exerts a significant influence on the relationship between manager overconfidence and audit fees.

Study Contributions: In the empirical field, this research provides subsidies for investors and regulators regarding the role of governance mechanisms - more specifically the fiscal council - in the relationship between the auditor and the client. From a theoretical perspective, the accounting literature is added to fill in the existing gap about the consequences of behavioral biases of managers on the audit fees under the moderation of the supervisory board.

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Jorge Luiz De Santana Júnior, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Doutorando em Contabilidade na Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Mestre em Contabilidade pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (2020) e Graduado em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (2017).

Thiago Rios Sena, Faculdade Lusofona da Bahia

Mestre em Contabilidade (2020) pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Especialista em Metodologia do Ensino em Contabilidade (2018) pela UnyLeya. Bacharel em Ciências Contábeis (2017) pela Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB). Atua como Professor na Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Centro Universitário Estácio e Faculdade Lusófona da Bahia.

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JÚNIOR, J. L. D. S.; SENA, T. R. Overconfidence and audit fees: does fiscal council influence this relationship?. REVISTA AMBIENTE CONTÁBIL - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 2, p. 38–57, 2022. DOI: 10.21680/2176-9036.2022v14n2ID24241. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/ambiente/article/view/24241. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022): Jul./Dez.

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