...Paul N. Tanyi; Dasaratha V. Rama; K. Raghunandan SYNOPSIS The PCAOB mandated, over the objections of the large audit firms and others, that for fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2017, the audit report shall include information about auditor tenure. In this paper we answer the call...

... specialization auditor tenure earnings volatility This study proposes that auditors incorporate earnings volatility into their risk assessments such that volatility is associated with auditor resignations. Prior research identifies several factors associated with auditor resignations, including...

... of higher quality auditors constraining accrual earnings management, namely, firms resorting to potentially even more costly real earnings management. We also find that longer auditor tenure is associated with greater real earnings management, which could suggest merits of mandating audit firm rotation...