The impact of ownership structure on audit quality
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رسول Baradaranhasanzadeh
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(استادیار، گروه آموزشی حسابداری، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران،)
یونس Badavar
2
(استادیار، گروه آموزشی حسابداری، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران)
سمیه Esmaili
3
(دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد گروه آموزشی حسابداری، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران)
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Abstract :
In this research, the impacts of the variables of the ownership structure, which consists of ownership concentration and institutional ownership, on the audit quality of ninety listed companies on Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) during the years 2005 to 2010 are investigated. the viewpoint of the goal, this research is applicable and the aspect of the research methodology, it is casual. In this research, for the measurement of the audit quality, three criteria are used, which are size, turnover period, and specialty in the industry of the audit firm. Also, logistic regression is used to test the hypothesis. The result of the research indicates that the ownership concentration and institutional ownership have negative and significant impact on size and positive and significant impact on specialty in the industry of the audit firm, while ownership concentration and institutional ownership have no significant effect on turnover period of the audit firm.