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Audit Committees, Boards, and the Quality of Reported Earnings

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  • Nikos Vafeas

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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.

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  • Nikos Vafeas, 2005. "Audit Committees, Boards, and the Quality of Reported Earnings," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(4), pages 1093-1122, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:22:y:2005:i:4:p:1093-1122
    DOI: 10.1506/1QYN-2RFQ-FKYX-XP84
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