Stephen P. Rowe
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Tulane University (2014); Atkins (United States) (2015); American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (2015); Sentient Science (United States) (2015)
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Stephen P. Rowe's research focuses on auditing and financial reporting. His work investigates how external factors and internal firm dynamics influence auditor behavior and audit quality. Recent publications examine the consequences for auditors who issue adverse internal control opinions, the market's reaction to audit firm partner decisions, and the association between frequent auditor switching and audit quality. Rowe also explores how personalized communication affects investor earnings fixation and the motivations behind acquisitions, specifically looking at interest rate sensitivity in bank holding companies. He has collaborated with researchers such as Caleb Rawson and Ryan P. Decker, both at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Rowe's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10, with 25 total publications and 340 total citations.
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- h-index: 10
- Publications: 26
- Citations: 361
Selected Publications
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What Happens to Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions? (2025)
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The Effect of Personalized Communication on Investor Earnings Fixation (2023)
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How Do Audit Firms Treat Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions? (2023)
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The power of not trading: Evidence from index fund ownership (2022)
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Retain or Rotate: The Association between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality (2022)
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Retain or Rotate: The Association Between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality (2022)
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Don't Make Me Look Bad: How the Audit Market Penalizes Auditors for Doing Their Job (2021)
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Interest Rate Sensitivity as Motivation for Acquisitions: Evidence from Bank Holding Companies (2021)
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Do Audit Firms Care about Media Coverage? An Investigation of Audit Firm Response to News Coverage (2020)
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Using machine learning to predict auditor switches: How the likelihood of switching affects audit quality among non-switching clients (2020)
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A hidden risk of auditor industry specialization: evidence from the financial crisis (2019)
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Disengaged Owners and Financial Reporting: Evidence From Index Funds (2019)
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Auditors’ comfort with uncertain estimates: More evidence is not always better (2019)
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Auditor Litigation: Deterrence Implications for Non-Sued Auditors (2018)
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Higher Audit Quality and Higher Restatement Rates: An Examination of Big Four Auditee Restatements (2018)
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- Don't Make Me Look Bad: How the Audit Market Penalizes Auditors for Doing Their Job
- What Happens to Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- Retain or Rotate: The Association between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality
- How Do Audit Firms Treat Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- Retain or Rotate: The Association Between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality
- The power of not trading: Evidence from index fund ownership
- Interest Rate Sensitivity as Motivation for Acquisitions: Evidence from Bank Holding Companies
- What Happens to Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- How Do Audit Firms Treat Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- What Happens to Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- How Do Audit Firms Treat Partners Who Issue Adverse Internal Control Opinions?
- Interest Rate Sensitivity as Motivation for Acquisitions: Evidence from Bank Holding Companies
- Retain or Rotate: The Association Between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality
- Retain or Rotate: The Association between Frequent Auditor Switching and Audit Quality
- The Effect of Personalized Communication on Investor Earnings Fixation
- The Effect of Personalized Communication on Investor Earnings Fixation
- The Effect of Personalized Communication on Investor Earnings Fixation
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