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SEC Roundup 89: Weaponizing the PCAOB? Four Professors Expose the PCAOB's "Punitive" Enforcement and Broken Incentives

SEC Roundup 89: Weaponizing the PCAOB? Four Professors Expose the PCAOB's "Punitive" Enforcement and Broken Incentives

Update: 2025-10-30
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What's it like to get a permanent "scarlet letter" from the PCAOB? Tom Zaccaro and Nick Morgan host four professors whose new paper, based on candid interviews with former staff and sanctioned auditors, reveals a "punitive" system. They expose how a "numbers game" incentive structure is failing to protect investors and disproportionately targets small firms.


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SEC Roundup 89: Weaponizing the PCAOB? Four Professors Expose the PCAOB's "Punitive" Enforcement and Broken Incentives

SEC Roundup 89: Weaponizing the PCAOB? Four Professors Expose the PCAOB's "Punitive" Enforcement and Broken Incentives

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