New securities law and audit governance:Based on the inhibitory effect of audit opinion shopping
The new Securities Law will increase the auditor's liability risk and adjust the audit market structure,which will affect the auditor-client resource allocation and lead to audit governance consequences.From the perspective of auditor-client resource allocation,this paper studies the inhibitory effect,mechanism and audit consequences of the new Securities Law on the influence of auditor-client mismatch on audit opinion shopping,so as to evaluate the audit governance effect of the new Securities Law.Research has found that the downward auditor-client mismatch exacerbates audit opinion shopping,while the upward auditor-client mismatch suppresses audit opinion shopping.The new Securities Law improves the degree of auditor-client mismatch,suppresses the impact of auditor-client mismatch on audit opinion shopping,and enhances audit quality.This study is conducive to decision-making agencies evaluate the implementation effectiveness of the new Securities Law,and has certain reference value for the allocation of audit client resources and regulatory governance of audit opinion shopping.