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Original Articles

Gobierno corporativo y factores determinantes del cambio de firma auditora en la gran empresa española

Corporate governance and determinants of auditor rotation in large Spanish firms

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Pages 521-549 | Received 17 Jun 2009, Accepted 10 Feb 2010, Published online: 15 Jan 2014
 

RESUMEN

El presente trabajo analiza el efecto del consejo de administración y del comité de auditoría en la decisión de cambio de auditor. Hemos analizado todos los cambios de auditor en las empresas no financieras cotizadas en el mercado continuo español entre 2004 y 2007. Nuestros resultados muestran que el tamaño, la composición y el número de reuniones de ambos órganos influyen significativamente en el cambio de auditor. También encontramos que la rotación de auditor no comporta una mejor calidad de la información financiera, siendo las empresas cuyos órganos de gobierno corporativo más se adecuan a las recomendaciones de buen gobierno las que se hallan más inclinadas a cambiar de auditor.

ABSTRACT

We study the effect of the board of directors and the audit committee on the decision of auditor replacement. We analyze all the changes in auditors for all the non-financial firms listed in the Spanish capital market between 2004 and 2007. Our results show that the size, the composition and the number of meetings of both the board of directors and the auditing committee have a significant influence on auditor rotation. We also find that the replacement of the auditor does not mean better quality of financial information. The firms whose mechanisms of corporate governance fit the most with the recommendations of good governance are the most prone to replace the auditor.

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