Internal audit has generated little interest among French researchers. The debate on Corporate Governance and the laws which have been voted with the aim of restoring the investors' confidence has had an impact on the mission and the practices of audits. This article presents the theoretical...

In this study, we examine the effect of firm-level governance on the firm's choice of an external auditor. Further, we test how the relation between corporate governance and auditor choice may be affected by the strength of legal environment. The results show that firm-level governance scores...