Research Project

2020 Fiscal Year: Which Municipal Bond Issuers Have the Speediest Audit Times? by Deborah A. Carroll and Richard A. Ciccarone

Principal Investigator
Carroll, Deborah A.
Research Area(s)
Government Finance Research
Research Report
Funding Source
Government Finance Research Center and Merritt Research Services, an Investortools Company

Abstract

Which Municipal Bond Issuers Have the Speediest Audit Times? examines municipal bond issuers’ audit times. This year’s analysis was developed through a partnership between Merritt Research Services, an Investortools Company, and the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois Chicago. This report first offers an overview of audit time trends since 2009. It then recognizes the timeliest audits for the 2020 fiscal year, grouped by municipal credit sector, from more than 10,000 municipal bond audits in the Merritt Research Services database found in CreditScope. Published May 3, 2022. Read the full report here.