Audit firm rotation and earnings management in Brazil Rodízio das firmas de auditoria e o gerenciamento de resultados no Brasil

The main reason for requiring rotation of independent auditors is to preserve independence and ethics in the relationship between the audited company and its external auditing firm and consequently to reduce accounting fraud and errors. To investigate whether this procedure was effective in Brazilia...

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Main Authors: Antonio Lopo Martinez, Graciela Mendes Ribeiro Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2010-12-01
Series:Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações
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Online Access:http://revistas.usp.br/rco/article/view/34776