Added Value of Auditing in a Non-Mandatory Environment

Hans Duits studied business economics and became a registered auditor in 1995. At the moment he is employed by both KPMG and the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (HU). His research interests include the market for audit (assurance) services and governance for SME companies.

• 1 Introduction, 2 The demand for audit – evolution of a theory, 3 Study into variables explaining the demand for audit, hypotheses development and research model, 4 Data description, 5 Empirical results I – Individual hypotheses, 6 Empirical results II – Regression analyses, 7 Conclusions and discussion, Appendices, References, Summary in Dutch (Nederlandse samenvatting), Curriculum Vitae