Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia

This paper examines whether the changes in audit rotation policy affect the relationship between audit firm rotation and audit quality in Indonesia. This study uses 2,403 observations from 371 firms listed on the IDX for the period 2010–2017. This study uses Ordinary Least Squares regression to test...

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Autores principales: Inas Aisyah Widyaningsih, Iman Harymawan, Agus Widodo Mardijuwono, Eka Sari Ayuningtyas, Dyah Ayu Larasati
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b860265247ab4fae90b8a600779788ca2021-12-02T16:07:36ZAudit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia2331-197510.1080/23311975.2019.1695403https://doaj.org/article/b860265247ab4fae90b8a600779788ca2019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2019.1695403https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975This paper examines whether the changes in audit rotation policy affect the relationship between audit firm rotation and audit quality in Indonesia. This study uses 2,403 observations from 371 firms listed on the IDX for the period 2010–2017. This study uses Ordinary Least Squares regression to test the hypothesis. We find that, in the mandatory audit rotation period (pre-period), there is no significant association between audit rotation and audit quality. Interestingly, we find a positive relationship between audit rotation and audit quality in the voluntary audit rotation (post-period). Our result implies that voluntary audit rotation without any coercive regulation is more effective in improving audit quality. This research provides an insight to policy makers that eliminating the regulation of audit firm rotation is an effective decision to enhance audit quality.Inas Aisyah WidyaningsihIman HarymawanAgus Widodo MardijuwonoEka Sari AyuningtyasDyah Ayu LarasatiTaylor & Francis Grouparticleauditaudit firm rotationaudit qualityBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic audit
audit firm rotation
audit quality
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle audit
audit firm rotation
audit quality
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Inas Aisyah Widyaningsih
Iman Harymawan
Agus Widodo Mardijuwono
Eka Sari Ayuningtyas
Dyah Ayu Larasati
Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
description This paper examines whether the changes in audit rotation policy affect the relationship between audit firm rotation and audit quality in Indonesia. This study uses 2,403 observations from 371 firms listed on the IDX for the period 2010–2017. This study uses Ordinary Least Squares regression to test the hypothesis. We find that, in the mandatory audit rotation period (pre-period), there is no significant association between audit rotation and audit quality. Interestingly, we find a positive relationship between audit rotation and audit quality in the voluntary audit rotation (post-period). Our result implies that voluntary audit rotation without any coercive regulation is more effective in improving audit quality. This research provides an insight to policy makers that eliminating the regulation of audit firm rotation is an effective decision to enhance audit quality.
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author Inas Aisyah Widyaningsih
Iman Harymawan
Agus Widodo Mardijuwono
Eka Sari Ayuningtyas
Dyah Ayu Larasati
author_facet Inas Aisyah Widyaningsih
Iman Harymawan
Agus Widodo Mardijuwono
Eka Sari Ayuningtyas
Dyah Ayu Larasati
author_sort Inas Aisyah Widyaningsih
title Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
title_short Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
title_full Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
title_fullStr Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Audit firm rotation and audit quality: Comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in Indonesia
title_sort audit firm rotation and audit quality: comparison before vs after the elimination of audit firm rotation regulations in indonesia
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2019
url https://doaj.org/article/b860265247ab4fae90b8a600779788ca
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