The Impact of Audit Market Concentration on Audit Quality: Evidence from Indonesia
Impak Penumpuan Pasaran Audit ke atas Kualiti Audit: Bukti dari Indonesia

Faculty of Economics and Business
Universitas Indonesia
Widjojo Nitisastro Campus
16424 UI Depok, INDONESIA.

mutiara.clarina@gmail.com

Faculty of Economics and Business
Universitas Indonesia
Widjojo Nitisastro Campus
16424 UI Depok, INDONESIA.

fitrianyamarullah@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examines the impact of audit market concentration on audit quality when regulation about mandatory audit firm rotation are applied in Indonesia. This study used 2,578 firm-years of data from non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2008–2015. Audit quality was measured by discretionary accruals and abnormal working capital, and market concentration was calculated by the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index. The study found that market concentration decrease the accrual discreationer and improves audit quality. This outcome is likely because auditors experience in a particular industry have a better understanding of industry risk and will thus undertake better audit planning and procedures that tend to improve audit quality. So, regulators need to encourage public accounting firms to specialise in specific areas and have better knowledge of the industry to make audit quality better.

Keywords

Audit market concentration; audit quality; Herfindahl index
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-12

Citation

Clarina, M., & Fitriany, F. (2019). The Impact of Audit Market Concentration on Audit Quality: Evidence from Indonesia. Jurnal Pengurusan, 57, 172–183. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-12

@article{clarina2019impact,
  title={The Impact of Audit Market Concentration on Audit Quality: Evidence from Indonesia},
  author={Clarina, Mutiara and Fitriany, Fitriany},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={57},
  number={},
  pages={172—183},
  year={2019},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-12},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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