International and U.S. accounting and auditing standard setters have focused considerable attention and rule making around group audits and in particular the reporting quality of subsidiary entities. We examine how membership in a consolidated group and the related group audit affects the...

We understand relatively little about factors that affect the internal audit function's ability to serve as an important monitor of financial reporting quality. We therefore study how turnover of the chief audit executive (CAE) influences financial reporting quality and stakeholders'...

A report from the Institute of Internal Auditors finds that a majority of Fortune 500 companies systematically rotate internal auditors out of the internal audit function and into operational management (IIA 2009a). We use semi-structured interviews with 11 chief audit executives and 2 audit...