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Objective - This study aims to identify the effect of firm size, profitability, audit committee and other factors on firm value.Methodology/Technique - The population in this study are all non-financial companies on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2017. The research sample of 403...
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The introduction of the ASX guidelines and the subsequent introduction of the Listing Rule 12.70 resulted in mandatory audit committees for the top 500 ASX listed companies effective from 1 January 2003. Non-top 500 firms, therefore, do not have to have audit committees as they are not subject...
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Despite the importance of audit committee independence in ensuring the integrity of the financial reporting process, recent research suggests that even when audit committees meet regulatory independence requirements, certain factors, such as undue influence by the CEO over the selection of the...
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Recent trends in corporate board composition indicate an increase in the appointment of directors with legal expertise. Using two financial reporting quality measures, accruals quality and discretionary accruals, we find – for a sample of Russell 1000 firms in 2003 and 2005 – that the...
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We examine the relation between audit committee compensation and the demand for monitoring of the financial reporting process. We find that total compensation and cash retainers paid to audit committees are positively correlated with audit fees and the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our...
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This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of senior managers of Malaysian publicly listed companies on issues relating to audit committee authority and effectiveness. Questionnaire survey technique was employed to seek the respondents perceptions on seven issues, namely audit committee...
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Audit committee has been in existence for many decades. The establishment of audit committee aimed to mitigate corporate fraudulent or creative accounting practices through internal control initiated by independent and effectively functioning non-executive members of audit committee. An...
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This paper investigate the impact of five issues on audit committee such as active audit committee, compulsory audit committee reports, audit committee approves audit fees, audit committee reviews audit fees, audit committee comprised of majority independent and non-executive directors, to...
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We conduct a meta-analysis of the association between audit committee (AC) independence and financial reporting quality (FRQ). Although we cannot reliably aggregate results across studies in a statistical sense because of inconsistencies in defining FRQ and the absence of replication studies,...
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The role of audit committees is crucial in the financial reporting process. I studied a sample of 288 S&P 500 firms from the period 2000-2002 and 2008-2009 to identify changes in audit committee composition. I found that directors with Audit/CPA and Accounting/Finance experience are sought after...
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