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SubscribeThe 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.
2025 PCAOB/Management Science Registered Reports Conference
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and Management Science are pleased to announce a joint conference focused on registered report proposals relating to audit-related topics. Academics and Ph.D. students interested in attending should contact [email protected] to register.
Past Conferences
Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets
The PCAOB organizes an annual conference to: (i) foster rigorous economic research on audit-related topics, including the economic impact of auditing, audit regulation, and audit oversight on capital markets; (ii) inform the academic community about PCAOB activities and developments; and (iii) obtain input from the academic community on topics of interest to the PCAOB.
Data Points
OERA Data Points present concise, data-driven insights relevant to audits. They offer neutral, factual information drawn from PCAOB datasets and other available sources.
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.
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.
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.
Recent Updates
See all updates >The PCAOB is postponing for one year, to December 15, 2026, the effective date of QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control, and other new and amended PCAOB standards, rules, and forms adopted by the Board on May 13, 2024.
Standards
The PCAOB has launched the Smaller Firm Resource Group.
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Contact
Dr. Rahsan Inget
Associate Director, Office of Economic and Risk Analysis
[email protected]
(202) 207-9392