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On the information content of audit opinion: evidence from the Tunisian Stock Exchange

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  • Faten Hakim Ghorbel
  • Mohamed Ali Omri

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This study investigates the effect of modified audit opinions on the emerging Tunisian Stock Market. The empirical association between qualified audit opinion and stock market reaction has been studied extensively in the accounting literature and reported mixed results. By using the cumulative abnormal liquidity as a measure of market reaction to the qualified audit opinion, we found that the abnormal liquidity surrounding the release of the auditor's report was negative for firms with received qualified audit opinion. This result consistent with the Tunisian investors' strong negative response to qualified audit opinion underscores their important signalling effect in an emerging market.

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  • Faten Hakim Ghorbel & Mohamed Ali Omri, 2013. "On the information content of audit opinion: evidence from the Tunisian Stock Exchange," International Journal of Economics and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2), pages 155-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecac:v:4:y:2013:i:2:p:155-168
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