The PCAOB provides searchable tools, publications, working papers, and white papers that may be of interest to academics in auditing and related fields. We also engage with academics through events and our Fellowship Program and, where appropriate, we publish data for use by academics and researchers.

Conference on Current Issues in Auditing – Call for Registered Report Proposals

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and The Accounting Review (TAR) are pleased to announce a joint conference focused on registered report proposals relating to auditing and audit-related topics.

Conference on Current Issues in Auditing


Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets

The PCAOB organizes an annual conference to foster rigorous economic research on audit-related topics including the economic impact of auditing and audit regulation on capital markets, inform the academic community about PCAOB activities and developments, and obtain input from the academic community on topics of interest to the PCAOB.

Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets

Post-Implementation Review

The PCAOB is committed to robust economic analysis, including post-implementation reviews that leverage data from our oversight activities. The PCAOB has established a program under which the staff of the Office of Economic and Risk Analysis conduct analysis on the overall effect of new auditing requirements on key stakeholders in the audit process. 

Post-Implementation Review

Fellowship Program

The PCAOB maintains a Fellowship Program for interested academics to join the PCAOB as full-time employees. Fellows work with the staff on PCAOB projects and develop publishable economic research on topics of relevance to the PCAOB’s mission. 

Fellowship Program

AuditorSearch

Through AuditorSearch, educators and researchers may access the names of engagement partners and other accounting firms participating in audits of U.S. public companies by searching the database or downloading the entire data set.

Explore AuditorSearch

Recent Updates

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Dec. 9, 2024

In a new staff report, the PCAOB’s staff has outlined 2025 inspection priorities, with a focus on driving improvements in audit quality.

Inspections
Dec. 5, 2024

A new PCAOB staff report on audit firm culture offers considerations for firms looking to improve audit quality.

Inspections

Contact

Dr. Rahsan Inget
Associate Director, Office of Economic and Risk Analysis
[email protected]
(202) 207-9392