This study examines the extent to which the characteristics of the audit committee chair enhance the quality of financial reports and reduce the possibility for companies to receive a modified audit opinion (MAO) from an external auditor. We apply logistic regression to investigate the influence...

The six components of the hexagonal fraud theory are represented in this study by external pressure variables, change in auditors, the nature of the industry, the CEO's dual role, change in directors, and political connections. Additionally, a statistical analysis is done to determine whether...

I use a sample of 409 companies that restate their earnings in 1997-2001 to examine penalties for outside directors, particularly audit committee members, when their companies experience accounting restatements. Penalties from lawsuits and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) actions are...

An increasing number of Australian companies pay fees to members of audit committees and the amount of such fees is rising. This study examines whether the existence and amount of audit committee fees paid to audit committee members is associated with reduced earnings management through a higher...

This study investigates whether auditor quality and audit committee expertise are associated with improved financial disclosure timeliness as measured by the duration of a financial statement restatement's “dark period.” The restatement dark period represents the length of time between a...

This study examines the effect of audit committee connectedness through director networks on financial reporting quality, specifically the misstatement of annual financial statements. Using network analysis, we examine multiple dimensions of connectedness and find that, after controlling for...