Associations between the financial and industry expertise of audit committee members and Key Audit Matters within related audit reports

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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on audit committees’ financial and industry expertise (FIE) and their impact on the readability of key audit matters (KAMs).
Design/methodology/approach

Based on an agency-theoretical framework, analyses are conducted of data from a sample of UK premium listed companies for the fiscal years 2014–2017 (i.e. 1,319 firm-year observations). Correlation and regression analyses are conducted to evaluate possible associations between FIE in audit committees and KAM readability. The author relies on popular readability measures (Flesch Reading Ease and Fog Index).
Findings
Audit committees’ FIE and KAM readability are positively connected. Combined FIE also has a stronger effect than either financial or industry expertise alone.
Research limitations/implications

Companies, regulators and researchers could be significantly affected by the finding that audit committees’ FIE can have a considerable impact on KAM readability.
Originality/value
The analysis of the link between audit committees’ FIE and KAM readability makes a contribution to prior empirical research on KAM.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of Applied Accounting Research
Jahrgang21
Ausgabenummer1
Seiten (von - bis)185-200
Anzahl der Seiten16
ISSN0967-5426
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 10.02.2020

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  • Extended auditor reporting (Key Audit Matters)

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