Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct overview of academic research that has examined audit firm rotation both in the USA and in other countries. Design/methodology/approach – The authors outline the unresolved nature of academic research on audit firm rotation, review...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct overview of academic research that has examined audit firm rotation both in the USA and in other countries. Design/methodology/approach – The authors outline the unresolved nature of academic research on audit firm rotation, review...

The aim of the study is to examine the association between audit quality and individual auditors providing independent audit service to the firms affiliated with the same business group. We used Turkish Listed firms traded in Borsa İstanbul between 2010 and 2016. These auditors have been...

This study aims to explore professional auditors’ perceptions of the impact of audit firm rotation on audit quality. It also investigates the possible benefits and determining factors of mandatory auditor rotation. A sample of 83 auditors was drawn from a group of large firms and another...

This paper examines two types of financial reporting fraud (i.e., earnings manipulation fraud and tunnelling fraud) and their association with ownership structure and audit quality in detecting the fraud using a sample of Chinese listed firms. We find that more concentrated ownership tends to be...