The Association between Audit Committee Financial Experts and Audit Report Lag
碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 會計學研究所 === 105 === This study examines the association between firms with audit committee financial experts and audit report timeliness. Using a sample of Taiwanese listed companies with an audit committee from 2007 to 2015, I find that audit report lag is negatively associated wit...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/732f2f |
| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 會計學研究所 === 105 === This study examines the association between firms with audit committee financial experts and audit report timeliness. Using a sample of Taiwanese listed companies with an audit committee from 2007 to 2015, I find that audit report lag is negatively associated with the percentage of financial experts in an audit committee. I also find a negative relationship between audit committee chair’s financial expertise and audit report lag.
Further analyses show that firms with audit committee financial experts also lead to a shorter financial report lag, indicating an improvement in the timeliness of financial reporting. Moreover, I investigate whether the main results are driven by the amendment of Article 36 of Securities Exchange Act which intends to accelerate the deadline for listed companies to submit financial reports, and my results find that the effect of audit committee financial expertise on audit report lag is mitigated by the amendment of Securities Exchange Act.
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