Audit partner tenure and audit quality

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 653-676

  Carey, Peter ^a   Simnett, Roger ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit partner tenure; Audit quality; Earnings management; Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745292267     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.3.653     Document Type: Review

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