Audit Quality and Accrual Persistence : Examining the impact of auditor size and audit fees

Abstract This paper examines the connection between auditing and the persistency of reported accruals. Accruals are documented to be subjective by its nature thus running the risk of being aggressively reported by managers with the incentives of improving companies’ earnings. Consequently, accruals...

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Main Authors: Tennander, Carl Johan, Olsson, Staffan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2011
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-144050