Empirical evidence on the effect of contract duration on the quality of audits: Analysis of regulations of retention and compulsory rotation of auditors;Evidencia empírica sobre el efecto de la duración del contrato en la calidad de la auditoría: Análisis de las medidas de retención y rotación obligatoria de auditores

Investigaciones Economicas

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-316

  Barbadillo, Emiliano Ruiz ^a   Aguilar, Nieves Gómez ^a   Pena, Nieves Carrera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Empresa

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditor independence; Mandatory rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548581295     PISSN: 02101521     EISSN: 15754367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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