Abstract
The extant literature and corporate governance regulations suffer from a tight focus on audit committee (AC) financial expertise as a mean of improving the AC’s oversight role. However, there is a lack of evidence about other kinds of expertise that might be important for AC effectiveness which could contribute to the quality of financial statements. This study examines whether AC industry expertise and AC legal expertise have an impact on audit quality in a developing country (Jordan). Furthermore, mixed and inconsistent findings regarding the role played by female directors and the peculiarity of the Jordanian context creates a motive to examine the effect of AC gender diversity on audit quality. By utilizing 1,035 firm-year observations, using two proxies to capture audit quality, and employing different estimation methods, this study highlights the importance of AC industry expertise in ensuring high audit quality. AC legal expertise and AC gender diversity have no significant effect on audit quality. This study offers a valuable contribution to the literature, and also has implications for policy-makers in Jordan and other countries with similar institutional environments to consider for future regulatory reform.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 100377 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation |
| Volume | 42 |
| Early online date | 20 Jan 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
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Keywords
- Audit committee
- Audit quality
- Industry experts
- Legal expertise
- Gender Diversity
- Jordan
- Gender diversity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Finance