Purpose – The French law uses joint‐auditing as an audit quality device. This regulation also indirectly preserves market competition by reducing the domination of the large audit firms. However, concerns emerge about the effects of recent auditor mergers on the effectiveness of...

This paper examines the influence of agency conflicts on the demand for audit quality by French listed companies. The French environment is characterized by constraining regulations on independence and informational duties of statutory auditors, a weak contribution of financial markets in...

Nous étudions la pertinence informationnelle (value relevance) en Europe du résultat global par rapport à celle du résultat net, et l'apport des normes IFRS en la matière ainsi que l'impact d'une certification par les " grands cabinets d'audit ". Pour cela, nous utilisons une base de...