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ChatGPT is Ready for the Profession—But is the Profession Ready for ChatGPT?
Monday, September 15, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study examines how ready the accounting profession is to adopt and leverage ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can automate tasks and generate text. Through a survey of 136 accounting professionals and interviews with experts...
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What Happens When Auditors Plan for the Inspector, Not the Risk?
Monday, September 15, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study examines how the risk of an audit oversight inspection affects how auditors plan their work at the account level. Using an experiment with 182 experienced auditors, the researchers tested whether auditors adjust the hours they plan...
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How Clawbacks and Boards Shape CEO Behavior
Monday, September 15, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study investigates how two governance mechanisms—board monitoring (internal) and mandated clawbacks (external regulations)—jointly influence how managers use discretion...
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Fraud Detection in Focus: What the Latest Research Means for Auditors
Friday, August 15, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study reviews academic research from 2017–2023 on how auditors identify, assess, and respond to fraud risks in financial audits. It synthesizes findings from over a dozen top-tier journals to provide insights for improving fraud detection.
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The Power of Words: How Subtle Language Shifts Boost Fraud Risk Disclosures
Thursday, August 14, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study explores how small changes to the wording of audit fraud inquiries can increase client willingness to disclose fraud risks. Specifically, it tests whether minimizing the seriousness of the inquiry...
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AI in Accounting: Threat or Thrill? Navigating the New Digital Frontier
Thursday, August 14, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping accounting and auditing. It focuses on three major AI applications: narrow AI for repetitive tasks, generative AI for creating text-based content, and predictive modeling...
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Do CEO Stock Options Lead to More Workplace Violations?
Monday, July 14, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study examines how CEO risk-taking incentives, particularly through stock options (called "vega"), are associated with workplace misconduct, including labor law violations and health and safety breaches....
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Are Auditors Missing Red Flags by Ignoring Industry Benchmarks?
Monday, July 14, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study investigates how auditors use benchmarks during preliminary analytical procedures to detect fraud, especially revenue fraud. Specifically, it examines whether industry data, nonfinancial measures...
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Are Digital Disclosures a Tool for Detecting Corruption?
Monday, July 14, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study investigates whether making public officials’ personal financial disclosures (PFDs) available online helps federal prosecutors detect and prosecute corruption. It examines how access to PFDs - documents that show...
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Why Don’t the Benefits of Continuous Auditing Show Up Right Away?
Monday, June 16, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This study investigates why companies are slow to adopt continuous auditing (CA) in their internal audit functions despite its promised benefits. Using field data from a global food retailer, the researchers examine two key factors...
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Do CEO Pay Cuts Undermine Trust in Earnings?
Monday, June 16, 2025 AAA Impact Hub The study explores whether CEO pay cuts impact how investors perceive the quality of a company’s earnings, using earnings response coefficients (ERCs) as a proxy
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Can Better Client Service Lead to Better Audits?
Monday, June 16, 2025 AAA Impact Hub This research examines how the way auditors treat their clients—how respectful, communicative, and non-disruptive they are—affects the level of cooperation from client managers during audits.