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Overview

W. Robert Knechel is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management, and Accounting, with a substantial concentration in Accounting as a subfield. Other areas of interest include Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management, Finance, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Risk Management in Financial Firms
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies

Some of the most recent papers authored or co-authored by W. Robert Knechel are:

  • "The Future of Assurance in Capital Markets: Reclaiming the Economic Imperative of the Auditing Profession," 2020, Accounting Horizons
  • "Do Personal Beliefs and Values Affect an Individual's 'Fraud Tolerance'? Evidence from the World Values Survey," 2021, Journal of Business Ethics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Knechel include:

  • Hyun Jong Park
  • Matthew Ege
  • Phillip T. Lamoreaux
  • Eldar Maksymov
  • Simon Dekeyser

Knechel's work has been published often in several key academic venues such as:

  • The Accounting Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Auditing
  • Accounting Organizations and Society
  • Journal of Accounting Research

These contributions reflect a diverse engagement in auditing and governance, emphasizing assurance, regulation, and the interface between accounting practices and financial markets.

Best Publications

  • Audit Fees: A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Supply and Demand Attributes*

    David C. Hay;W. Robert Knechel;Norman Wong

  • Audit Quality: Insights from the Academic Literature

    W. Robert Knechel;Gopal V. Krishnan;Mikhail Pevzner;Lori B. Shefchik

  • Additional Evidence on Audit Report Lag

    W. Robert Knechel;Jeff L. Payne

  • The relationship between auditor tenure and audit quality implied by going concern opinions

    W. Robert Knechel;Ann Vanstraelen

  • The business risk audit: Origins, obstacles and opportunities

    W. Robert Knechel

  • Auditing: Assurance and Risk

    W. Robert Knechel;Steven E. Salterio

  • Economic Incentives for Voluntary Reporting on Internal Risk Management and Control Systems

    Rogier Deumes;W. Robert Knechel

  • Does Auditor Industry Specialization Matter? Evidence from Market Reaction to Auditor Switches

    W. Robert Knechel;Vic Naiker;Gail Pacheco

  • Evidence on the Impact of Internal Control and Corporate Governance on Audit Fees

    David Hay;W. Robert Knechel;Helen Ling

  • Resource Allocation Decisions in Audit Engagements

    Karl Hackenbrack;W. Robert Knechel

  • Auditor-Provided Nonaudit Services and Audit Effectiveness and Efficiency: Evidence from Pre- and Post-SOX Audit Report Lags

    W. Robert Knechel;Divesh S. Sharma

  • Determinants of Auditor Choice: Evidence from a Small Client Market

    W. Robert Knechel;Lasse Niemi;Stefan Sundgren

  • Audit firm tenure, non-audit services and internal assessments of audit quality

    Timothy B. Bell;Monika Causholli;W. Robert Knechel

  • Application of the Business Risk Audit Model: A Field Study

    Aasmund Eilifsen;W. Robert Knechel;Philip Wallage

  • Does the identity of engagement partners matter? An analysis of audit partner reporting decisions

    W. Robert Knechel;Ann Vanstraelen;Mikko Zerni

  • The role of risk management and governance in determining audit demand

    W. Robert Knechel;Marleen Willekens

  • Empirical evidence on the implicit determinants of compensation in Big 4 audit partnerships

    W. Robert Knechel;Lasse Niemi;Mikko Zerni

  • Does Corporate Tax Aggressiveness Influence Audit Pricing

    Michael P. Donohoe;W. Robert Knechel

  • A Modified Audit Production Framework: Evaluating the Relative Efficiency of Audit Engagements

    W. Robert Knechel;Paul Rouse;Caren Schelleman

  • Audit Fees: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Supply and Demand Attributes

    David Hay;W. Robert Knechel;Norman Wong

  • The Relationship between Auditor Tenureand Audit Quality Implied byGoing Concern Opinions

    W. Robert Knechel;Ann Vanstraelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven E. Salterio
Steven E. Salterio Queen's University
Gopal V. Krishnan
Gopal V. Krishnan Bentley University
David E. M. Sappington
David E. M. Sappington University of Florida
Jeffrey R. Cohen
Jeffrey R. Cohen Boston College

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