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An Investigation of Auditor and Client Tenure

American Journal of Business, 2001
The purpose of this study is to examine the duration of the auditor’s relationship with a client and factors that affect audit firm tenure. The duration of the auditor and client relationship has been cited as possibly affecting the risk of a loss of auditor independence.
Jefferson P Jones, Sandra Waller Shelton
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Auditor Size and the Cost of Equity Capital over Auditor Tenure

International Journal of Auditing, 2016
This study examines whether the difference in the cost of equity capital between clients of large and small auditors (‘the cost of equity capital disparity’) varies with auditor tenure. We find that the cost of equity capital disparity increases over auditor tenure, suggesting a decline in the perceived audit quality of small auditors relative to large
David B Bryan, J Kenneth Reynolds
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Auditor fee dependence, auditor tenure, and auditor independence: the case of Finland

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 2013
A Green Paper on Audit Policy published by the European Commission is questioning, among other issues, whether the maximum fee collected from one client should be regulated and whether continuous assignment should be limited. In this paper, we examine the association between fee dependence and auditor tenure on auditor independence in Finland.
Ralf Östermark
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Incumbent Auditor Independence and Predecessor Auditor Tenure

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
Prior studies examine incumbent auditor tenure and independence. In this article, we examine predecessor auditor tenure and incumbent auditor independence. We find a negative association between predecessor auditor tenure and the likelihood of incumbent
Gregory W Martin   +2 more
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Auditor Tenure and Perceived Earnings Quality

International Journal of Auditing, 2016
The study examines how auditor tenure affects investors' perception of audit quality. It is motivated by the ongoing debate on the effect of auditor tenure on audit quality and the recent regulation approval on mandatory auditor rotation at the EU level, which is justified by the concern that longer auditor tenure impairs auditor independence and thus ...
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