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Zoe-Vonna Palmrose
Accounting Circle Professor of Accounting

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-5019
zpalmrose@marshall.usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, MBA, University of Washington; BS, Oregon State University

Overview

Zoe-Vonna Palmrose has published and spoken extensively on financial reporting and auditing, including restatements, materiality, audit litigation, and pricing of audit services. She received the American Accounting Association Competitive Manuscript Award, the California Society of CPAs Accounting Faculty Fellow Award, the Deloitte/AAA Wildman Award, the AAA Auditing Section?s 2003 Distinguished Service Award, and is a PricewaterhouseCoopers Fellow in Auditing. From 2006 to 2008, she served as Deputy Chief Accountant for Professional Practice in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the SEC. Treasury and Risk Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in finance in 2008.

Research

Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Auditing and Financial Reporting Regulation Post-SOX: Perspectives from the Nexus at the SEC - Part II • 2010
Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Auditing and Financial Reporting Regulation Post-SOX: Perspectives from the Nexus at the SEC - Part I • 2010
Science, Politics, and Accounting: A View from the Potomac • 2009
Can Science Help Solve the Economic Crisis • 2008
Maintaining Value and Viability of Independent Auditors as Gatekeepers Under SOX" An Auditing Master Proposal • 2006
The Effect of Quantitative materiality Approach on Auditors' Adjustment Decisions • 2005
Thog's Guide to Quantum Economics: 50,000 Years of Accounting Basics for the Future • 2005
Auditor Independence, Non-Audit Services, and Restatements: Was the Government Right? • 2004
The Accounting Causes and Legal Consequences of Non-GAAP Reporting: Evidence from Restatements • 2004
Determinants of Market Reactions to Restatement Announcements • 2004
Auditors' New Procedures for Detecting Fraud • 2002
The SEC Pushes Auditor Independence • 2002
The Panel on Audit Effectiveness: Report and Recommendations • 2000
Studies in Accounting Research #33: Empirical Research in Auditor Litigation: Considerations and Data • 1999
Fraud Type and Auditor Litigation: An Analysis of SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases • 1998
Who Got Sued? • 1997
Audit Litigation Research: Do the Merits Matter? An Assessment and Directions for Future Research • 1997
Risk Orientation • 1995
The Joint and Several Versus Proportionate Liability Debate: An Empirical Investigation of Audit-Related Litigation • 1994
An Empirical Investigation of Modified Reporting and Auditor Litigation on Bankrupt Clients • 1994
Research in the Auditor's Responsibilities Regarding Illegal Acts by Clients • 1993
An Analysis of Auditor Litigation Disclosures • 1991
Trials of Legal Disputes Involving Independent Auditors: Some Empirical Evidence • 1991
The Relation of Contract Type to Audit Fees and Hours • 1989
Public Accounting Firms and the Acquisition of Nonaudit Services be Public and Closely-Held Companies • 1988
An Analysis of Auditor Litigation and Audit Service Quality • 1988
Litigation and Independent Auditors: The Role of Business Failures and Management Fraud • 1987
The Effect of Nonaudit Services on the Pricing of Audit Services: Further Evidence • 1986
Audit Fees and Auditor Size: Further Evidence • 1986
The Demand for Quality-Differentiated Audit Services in an Agency Cost Setting: An Empirical Investigation • 1984
The Pricing of Audit Services: Industry Differences and Other Insights • 1983
The World Football League--What Price Risk, Reward and Recognition? • 1980