Audit firm tenure and qualified opinions: New evidence from Spain

Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-125

  García Blandón, Josep ^a   Argilés Bosch, Josep Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit qualifications; Audit rotation; Independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887939285     PISSN: 11384891     EISSN: 19884672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsar.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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