The relationship between auditor tenure and audit quality implied by going concern opinions

Auditing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-131

  Knechel, W Robert ^a   Vanstraelen, Ann ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audit quality; Auditor tenure; Going concern reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849129491     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2007.26.1.113     Document Type: Article

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