Impact of renewable long-term audit mandates on audit quality

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The relationship between auditor tenure and audit quality implied by going concern opinions (2007, result): “Other research on the relationship between auditor tenure and audit opinions has yielded conflicting results (e.g., Vanstraelen 2000; Levinthal and Fichman 1988).”
Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation and Audit Quality (2016, background): “Vanstraelen (2000) finds that auditors are more willing to issue an unqualified report in the first two years of the three-year engagement mandate than in the last year, when the decision to renew the mandate is already taken and known to the auditor.”
What matters in disclosures of key audit matters: Evidence from Europe (2018, unknown): “Additionally, the studies of Levinthal and Fichman (1988) and Vanstraelen (2000) show that long- term auditor–client relationships significantly increase the likelihood of unqualified audit reports.”