Does increased audit partner tenure reduce audit quality?

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-572

  Manry, David L ^a   Mock, Theodore J ^b   Turner, Jerry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor tenure; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149101330     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0802300406     Document Type: Article

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