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dc.contributor.authorSultana, Nigar
dc.contributor.supervisorProf. Mitchell Van der Zahn
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:17:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:17:42Z
dc.date.created2011-06-10T08:26:40Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2128
dc.description.abstract

The overarching objective of this study is to examine the association between audit committee effectiveness and the level of earnings conservatism exhibited by Australian publicly listed firms. Studying the audit committee effectiveness/earnings conservatism linkage is both important and timely given the deterioration in reported earnings by firms. This study measures audit committee effectiveness based on four prime components underlying its effectiveness (i.e., independence; financial expertise; experience; and diligence) and earnings conservatism is measured following Basu (1997) and Ball and Shivakumar (2005). Using a sample of 494 firm-year observations for the period 2004 to 2008, overall results show that there is no significant association between audit committee effectiveness and earnings conservatism. Further analysis, however, indicates that firms with audit committees comprising financially qualified, experienced and more diligent members are associated with higher earnings conservatism levels. Results from this study have wide-ranging implications for regulators, investors, firms/corporate management and scholars.

dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.subjectearnings conservatism
dc.subjectfinancial expertise
dc.subjectdiligence
dc.subjectindependence
dc.subjectexperience
dc.subjectan Australian analysis
dc.subjectAudit committee effectiveness
dc.titleAudit committee effectiveness and earnings conservatism : an Australian analysis
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.educationLevelPhD
curtin.departmentSchool of Accounting
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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