Audit committee characteristics and earnings conservatism in banking sector: empirical study from GCC
by Allam Mohammed Mousa Hamdan
Afro-Asian J. of Finance and Accounting (AAJFA), Vol. 10, No. 1, 2020

Abstract: We examine four audit committee characteristics, including the audit committee independence, size of audit committee, audit committee diligence and financial experience of the audit committee members to identify if any of these characteristics differentially impact the earnings conservatism. The sample included 59 banks from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates during the period of 2012–2016. To achieve this goal, the study measures earnings conservatism using market-to-book approach. By using panel fixed-effect regression, our analysis reveals that bigger audit committees with more independence and members with financial experience are more likely to be associated with earnings conservatism in GCC banks. We also find that the audit committee diligence has no impact on earnings conservatism.

Online publication date: Fri, 10-Jan-2020

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