Hello sir, I have collected the names of the audit firms for my sample from eikon but I have not found a guide to find out what the abbreviations are so that I can finally create a BIG4 variable. Can you help me to find out what the abbreviations are for the big 4 (EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PWC) in eikon?
Hi Farah, the following are the abbreviations used in Refinitiv Datastream for the parent audit firms. AA Arthur Andersen AY Arthur Young BDO BDO Binder CL Coopers & Lybrand DHS Deloitte Haskins & Sells DRMP Dunwoody Robson McGladrey & Pullen DT Deloitte & Touche EW Ernst & Whinney EY Ernst & Young GOV Audited by Government Agency GTI Grant Thornton International HHI Horwath & Horwath International HLB Hodgson Landau Brands International INDV Audited by an Individual KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler MRI Moores Rowland International NADT No Auditors Found NAFF Not affiliated with an international firm NDIS Not disclosed OTH Other PC PricewaterhouseCoopers PKF Pannell Kerr Forster PM&M Peat, Marwick & Mitchell PMM Peat, Marwick & Main PW Price Waterhouse SO Spicer & Oppenheim TR Touche Ross Hope it helps!
Hello sir, I have collected the names of the audit firms for my sample from eikon but I have not found a guide to find out what the abbreviations are so that I can finally create a BIG4 variable. Can you help me to find out what the abbreviations are for the big 4 (EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PWC) in eikon?
Hi Farah, the following are the abbreviations used in Refinitiv Datastream for the parent audit firms.
AA Arthur Andersen
AY Arthur Young
BDO BDO Binder
CL Coopers & Lybrand
DHS Deloitte Haskins & Sells
DRMP Dunwoody Robson McGladrey & Pullen
DT Deloitte & Touche
EW Ernst & Whinney
EY Ernst & Young
GOV Audited by Government Agency
GTI Grant Thornton International
HHI Horwath & Horwath International
HLB Hodgson Landau Brands International
INDV Audited by an Individual
KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
MRI Moores Rowland International
NADT No Auditors Found
NAFF Not affiliated with an international firm
NDIS Not disclosed
OTH Other
PC PricewaterhouseCoopers
PKF Pannell Kerr Forster
PM&M Peat, Marwick & Mitchell
PMM Peat, Marwick & Main
PW Price Waterhouse
SO Spicer & Oppenheim
TR Touche Ross
Hope it helps!
@@searatali thank you very much
@@farahkhlif6610 You are most welcome