Panel A: Audit effort and GAAP/non-GAAP benchmark
AUDITFEE
Variable Expected Sign Coefficient 1Sig 2t-Value
Materiality NONGAAP ? 0.457 *** 3.453
Client complexity #RISKS + 0.250 *** 5.278
RESTRUCT + 0.030 0.463
LISTINGS + 0.380 ** 2.142
NEWCLIENT + -0.153 -0.727
Auditor and client3 AUDBUSY - 0.113 0.852
TENURE - 0.034 0.628
CLIENTSIZE + 0.565 *** 9.547
ACMTG + 1.205 *** 5.915
AGE - -0.126 *** -2.581
LEV + 0.004 1.088
EARNS Δ - 0.033 0.774
AUDFIRM CONTROLS Yes
IND CONTROLS Yes
Constant *** -13.926
Observations: 328; R-squared: 0.675; Adjusted R-squared: 0.653
 
Panel B: Audit effort and non-GAAP recurring/non-recurring exclusions
Variable Expected Sign Coefficient 1Sig 2t-Value
Materiality EXCL ? 0.051 0.227
Client complexity #RISKS + 0.127 ** 2.380
RESTRUCT + 0.012 0.192
LISTINGS + 0.719 *** 3.539
NEWCLIENT + -0.024 -0.080
Auditor and client3 AUDBUSY - -0.057 -0.333
TENURE - 0.128 1.303
CLIENTSIZE + 0.460 *** 6.706
ACMTG + 0.630 ** 2.259
AGE - 0.020 0.306
LEV + -0.008 ** -2.065
EARNS Δ - 0.008 0.057
AUDFIRM CONTROLS Yes
IND CONTROLS Yes
Constant *** -6.943
Observations: 153; R-squared: 0.665; Adjusted R-squared: 0.617
 
Panel C: Audit effort and non-GAAP/GAAP threshold difference
Variable Expected Sign Coefficient 1Sig 2t-value
Materiality T’HOLDDIFF ? -0.003 -1.232
Client complexity #RISKS + 0.134 ** 2.228
RESTRUCT + -0.063 -0.853
LISTINGS + 0.781 *** 3.218
NEWCLIENT + -0.137 -0.384
Auditor and client3 AUDBUSY - -0.070 -0.353
TENURE - 0.138 1.260
CLIENTSIZE + 0.493 *** 5.770
ACMTG + 0.847 *** 2.631
AGE - 0.001 0.020
LEV + -0.008 ** -2.179
EARNS Δ - 0.094 0.605
AUDFIRM CONTROLS Yes
IND CONTROLS Yes
Constant *** -5.549
Observations: 128; R-squared: 0.668; Adjusted R-squared: 0.610