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The change of auditor: The Portuguese case

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  • Heliodoro, Paula Alexandra
  • Carreira, Francisco Alegria
  • Lopes, Manuel Mouta

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Problems regarding the change of auditor and the opinion issued by the auditor through the financial audit report have been shown to be an important issue.

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  • Heliodoro, Paula Alexandra & Carreira, Francisco Alegria & Lopes, Manuel Mouta, 2016. "The change of auditor: The Portuguese case," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 181-186.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spacre:v:19:y:2016:i:2:p:181-186
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsar.2015.05.001
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    2. Mohammad Namazi & Navid Reza Namazi, 2017. "An empirical investigation of the effects of moderating and mediating variables in business research: Insights from an auditing report," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 11(4), December.

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    Keywords

    Audit; The auditor opinion; Auditor change and audit report; Logistic regression; Stakeholders; Auditoría; La opinión del auditor; Cambiar el auditor y el informe de auditoría; Regresión logística; Stakeholders;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing
    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing

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