Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change

This paper investigates how potential conflicts and disagreements between managers’ and auditors’ interests about earnings management and use of discretionary accruals cause friction between manager and auditor, and affect the length of tenure and the continuity of auditor’s work. The criterion used...

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Autores principales: Mahdi BaharMoghadam, Hamid Reza Ghaediha
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:86717373ffe04f1e8cde5ae03e31b4402021-11-04T19:47:44ZInvestigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2015.965https://doaj.org/article/86717373ffe04f1e8cde5ae03e31b4402015-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_965_c1e9098012f99611519377eb16b18a3b.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XThis paper investigates how potential conflicts and disagreements between managers’ and auditors’ interests about earnings management and use of discretionary accruals cause friction between manager and auditor, and affect the length of tenure and the continuity of auditor’s work. The criterion used to evaluate earnings management is discretionary accruals that were calculated by the modified Kasznik model. The data used in this study are from 72 firms listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period of 1381-1390, and a logistic regression model is used for data analysis. The results showed that there is not a significant relationship between positive discretionary accruals and auditor change. Also, the results indicated that there is a significant relationship between negative discretionary accruals and auditor change.Mahdi BaharMoghadamHamid Reza GhaedihaShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticlediscretionary accrualsauditor tenureearnings qualityearnings managementAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 6, Iss 20, Pp 105-121 (2015)
institution DOAJ
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topic discretionary accruals
auditor tenure
earnings quality
earnings management
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle discretionary accruals
auditor tenure
earnings quality
earnings management
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Mahdi BaharMoghadam
Hamid Reza Ghaediha
Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
description This paper investigates how potential conflicts and disagreements between managers’ and auditors’ interests about earnings management and use of discretionary accruals cause friction between manager and auditor, and affect the length of tenure and the continuity of auditor’s work. The criterion used to evaluate earnings management is discretionary accruals that were calculated by the modified Kasznik model. The data used in this study are from 72 firms listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period of 1381-1390, and a logistic regression model is used for data analysis. The results showed that there is not a significant relationship between positive discretionary accruals and auditor change. Also, the results indicated that there is a significant relationship between negative discretionary accruals and auditor change.
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author Mahdi BaharMoghadam
Hamid Reza Ghaediha
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title Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
title_short Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
title_full Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
title_fullStr Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of Relationship between Discretionary Accruals and Auditor Change
title_sort investigation of relationship between discretionary accruals and auditor change
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
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