Does Female Directorship on Independent Audit Committees Constrain Earnings Management?

This study examines whether the gender of the directors on fully independent audit committees affects the ability of the committees in constraining earnings management and thus their effectiveness in overseeing the financial reporting process. Using a sample of 525 firm-year observations over the pe...

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Главные авторы: Sun, Jerry (Автор) ; Liu, Guoping (Автор) ; Lan, George (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2011
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2011, Том: 99, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 369-382
Другие ключевые слова:B Ethics
B earnings man- agement
B Gender
B audit committee director
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Итог:This study examines whether the gender of the directors on fully independent audit committees affects the ability of the committees in constraining earnings management and thus their effectiveness in overseeing the financial reporting process. Using a sample of 525 firm-year observations over the period 2003 to 2005, we are unable to identify an association between the proportion of female directors on audit committees and the extent of earnings management.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0657-0