외부감사인의 특성이 감리지적에 미치는 영향

This study used accounting enforcement actions by the Financial Supervisory Service as a proxy variable to investigate the correlations of audit quality with auditor characteristics(auditor size, auditor industry expertise, abnormal audit fees and auditor tenure). Thus, this study aimed to inquire into the characteristics of enforced firms using information about enterprise accounting and auditors. We find that auditor size, auditor industry expertise and abnormal audit fees is associated audit quality(accounting enforcement actions). The literature on auditor tenure recognizes two opposing effects of auditor tenure on audit quality. According to the “regulatory view”, mandatory auditor rotation could enhance auditor independence. On the other hand, according to the “economic view”, restricting auditor tenure could exacerbate auditor independence rather than enhancing it. Therefore this study investigates the empirical relationship between the interaction of auditor characteristics and auditor tenure and audit quality(enforcement actions). We find that the interaction of auditor size and auditor tenure increases the likelihood of enforcement actions. And the interaction of auditor industry expertise and auditor tenure increases the likelihood of enforcement actions, as suggested by an regulatory view. But the interaction of abnormal audit fees and tenure increases is not have significance to audit quality(accounting enforcement actions). This study is expected to give contributions to extant research by providing additional evidence about the relationship between audit quality and audit tenure. This research also can give useful information to regulatory agencies to enact mandatory rotation of auditors.