Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Conference - Sinteza 2014 2014
DOI: 10.15308/sinteza-2014-552-558
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Auditor Switching and Qualified Audit Opinion: Evidence from Serbia

Abstract: The awareness of association between auditor switching and the audit opinion is essential when legislation regarding mandatory audit practice is being done. To test the significance of the association, we collect data on audit opinion reports of a random sample that comprises 800 industrial entities from Republic of Serbia. Using Fisher's Exact Test, we conclude that companies that have received unqualified opinion in one period, and subsequently changed their auditor firm, were significantly less likely to re… Show more

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“…The previous year's audit opinion had a positive effect on auditor switching. The results of this study are consistent with Stanisic et al (2014), Heliodoro et al (2015), and Gharibi and Geraeely (2016). This showed that the majority of large companies that received unqualified opinions in the previous year would conduct auditor switching.…”
Section: Yenny Watisupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…The previous year's audit opinion had a positive effect on auditor switching. The results of this study are consistent with Stanisic et al (2014), Heliodoro et al (2015), and Gharibi and Geraeely (2016). This showed that the majority of large companies that received unqualified opinions in the previous year would conduct auditor switching.…”
Section: Yenny Watisupporting
confidence: 91%
“…According to Stanisic et al (2014) research, qualified audit opinion has a positive influence on the tendency of auditor turnover. However, it is not proven that companies that receive qualified opinions will receive better opinions after they changed auditors.…”
Section: Switchingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, this study's results support the empirical research (Chadegani, Arezoo Aghaei Mohamed, Muhammaddun and Jari, 2011;Khasharmeh, 2015;Stephanie and Prabowo, 2017) are also unable to prove the effect of audit opinion on auditor switching empirically. However, this empirical study does not support the previous research that found that audit opinion has a positive effect on auditor switching (Hermawan and Fitriany, 2013;Stanisic et al, 2014;Heliodoro, Carreira and Lopes, 2015;Faradila et al, 2016;Gharibi and Geraeely, 2016;Darmayanti, 2017).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, H1 was rejected. Theoretically, the company makes a voluntary change of auditors if the public accounting firm issues an audit opinion that does not match the company management's expectations (Stanisic et al, 2014;Heliodoro, Carreira and Lopes, 2015). Companies that get an opinion other than an unqualified opinion are considered to have a bad reputation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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