Audit committees, boards, and the quality of reported earnings

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Vafeas, N
• 署名单位: University of Cyprus
• 刊物名称: CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0823-9150
• DOI: 10.1506/1QYN-2RFQ-FKYX-XP84
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 1093-1122
• 关键词: NONAUDIT SERVICES; market valuation; management; INDEPENDENCE; incentives; experience

摘要

I use data on 252 U.S. firms between 1994 and 2000 to study the relationship between audit committees and boards of directors with financial reporting quality. I initially document several changes in committee and board profile during the sample period. Results from logistic regressions suggest that measures of audit committee and board structure are related to earnings quality in a manner that is generally consistent with the predictions of agency theory. This study contributes to extant knowledge by employing different earnings quality measures from prior studies, and by expanding the range of audit committee attributes deemed important in determining audit committee performance.