7TH WORKSHOP ON AUDIT QUALITY

Papers on the following areas are welcome:

• the role of regulation in improving audit quality

• corporate governance systems and their impact on audit quality

• audit quality and ethical standards

• auditor characteristics (independence, reputation, industry specialization) and audit quality

• auditor personal and professional skills as key drivers of audit quality

• audit market structure and audit quality

• audit quality and client pressure

• audit/accounting education and audit quality

• litigation and audit quality

• measurement of audit quality

• audit behaviour (professional scepticism, incentives) and audit quality

• audit quality and capital market efficiency