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Deficits <strong>in</strong> Theory 1<br />

• Empirical <strong>research</strong> <strong>in</strong> audit<strong>in</strong>g has many<br />

objections:<br />

– What is <strong>the</strong> governance structure <strong>in</strong> audit<br />

firms? What is <strong>the</strong> role of committees?<br />

– How competitive is <strong>the</strong> audit market?<br />

– What signals quality to whom: client, <strong>in</strong>vestor,<br />

regulatory body?<br />

– What are <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutional devices to support<br />

auditor <strong>in</strong>dependence? Public commission /<br />

peer review?<br />

W. Ballwieser: <strong>Account<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Audit<strong>in</strong>g</strong> 16

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