Audit firm tenure and fraudulent financial reporting

Auditing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-69

  Carcello, Joseph V ^a   Nagy, Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit firm rotation; Auditor tenure; Fraudulent financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744256522     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2004.23.2.55     Document Type: Article

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