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Qualified Audit Opinions and Auditor Switching.

Chi-Yin Chow; Steven J. Rice

The Accounting Review 1982

ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the influence of qualified opinions on auditor switches. Results from a random sample of SEC-registrants support the contention that firms switch auditors more frequently after receiving qualified opinions. However, it was not found that firms that have received qualified opinions switch systematically to audit firms with a history of rendering proportionally fewer qualified opinions. Also, limited results suggest that qualified firms which switch auditors do not tend subsequently to receive more clean opinions.

DOI
10.2308/tar-4481748
Volume
57 (2)
Pages
326-335
Language
en
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