Can the Academic Literature Contribute to the Debate over Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation?
22 Pages Posted: 10 Feb 2013
Date Written: January 1, 2013
Abstract
Recently, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a concept release soliciting public recommendations to improve auditor independence and audit quality [PCAOB, 2011]. The focus of the release is on mandatory audit firm rotation (MAFR) with a request for commentaries addressing the advantages and disadvantages of MAFR. In this paper, we briefly summarize the recent literature on mandatory audit firm rotation and suggest how it can be useful to regulators as they consider the implementation of mandatory rotation. We find that the conclusions reached about the possible effectiveness of MAFR appear to depend on the type of data used (voluntary vs. mandatory auditor changes), suggesting that regulators should exercise care when drawing inferences from past audit firm rotation research.
Keywords: audit firm rotation, independence, audit quality
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