Moreover, the ability of an audit judgment to reduce the risk premium associated with information uncertainty is directly related to the capital markets' perception of an auditor’s reputation for audit quality and independence. Nelson and Tan (2005) indicated that auditors should concern professional judgment and focus on decision aids designed to supplement to improve and enhance audit performance. All else equal, the higher the auditor’s reputation, the more confident should investors be in the signal provided by a firm’s financial statements (Autore et al., 2009). Therefore, we propose that the relationships between the audit judgment and audit quality – audit performance are as follows: