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.

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.

2025 PCAOB/Management Science Registered Reports Conference

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.

Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets


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. 

Data Points

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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Jul. 11, 2025

The PCAOB has sanctioned PWR CPA LLP for failing to conduct inquiries regarding fraud risks and other repeated violations.

Enforcement
Jul. 11, 2025

The PCAOB has sanctioned two firms for violations related to required audit records and disclosure of key information for investors.

Enforcement

Contact

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