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dc.contributor.authorGist, Willie
dc.contributor.authorAbdul Wahab, Effiezal
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-19T02:55:24Z
dc.date.available2021-07-19T02:55:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationGist, W. and Abdul Wahab, E. 2021. Political Patronage, Audit Quality and the Properties of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts in Malaysia. Journal of International Accounting Research. 20 (1): pp. 49-78.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84665
dc.identifier.doi10.2308/JIAR-19-077
dc.description.abstract

Based on a sample of 2,034 Malaysian listed firm-year observations for the period 2007–2014, this study shows a negative relationship between dimensions of political patronage (i.e., politically connected firms and the percentage of Bumiputera directors) and analysts' earnings forecast accuracy. Furthermore, the study documents a positive relationship between Bumiputera directors and earnings forecast dispersion. These results suggest that the political patronage of firms is associated with low-quality earnings. We also find that measures of high audit quality are associated with high financial reporting quality and that this is evident in firms with high audit quality showing a weaker negative (positive) relationship between forecast accuracy (dispersion) and political connections and high levels of Bumiputera directors. Overall, the findings suggest that high audit quality plays an important role in mitigating agency costs of information asymmetry by improving the financial information environment.

dc.publisherAmerican Accounting Association
dc.subject1501 - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
dc.titlePolitical Patronage, Audit Quality and the Properties of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts in Malaysia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume20
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage49
dcterms.source.endPage78
dcterms.source.issn1558-8025
dcterms.source.titleJournal of International Accounting Research
dc.date.updated2021-07-19T02:55:21Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Accounting, Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidAbdul Wahab, Effiezal [0000-0002-6945-0179]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridAbdul Wahab, Effiezal [55765853900]


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