Impact of audit committees with independent financial experts on accounting quality: An empirical analysis of the German capital market

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Impact of audit committees with independent financial experts on accounting quality: An empirical analysis of the German capital market. / Velte, Patrick; Stiglbauer, Markus.
In: Problems and Perspectives in Management (PPM), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2011, p. 17-33.

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title = "Impact of audit committees with independent financial experts on accounting quality: An empirical analysis of the German capital market",
abstract = "This paper presents the findings from a study, based on the annual reports' analysis of German corporations listed in the DAX30, TecDAX, MDAX and SDAX, that investigates whether the implementation of audit committees and independent members with financial expertise leads to higher accounting quality (lower earnings management and accounting errors). The analysis of regressions conducted states a significant negative link between the independence and financial expertise of its members, earnings management and accounting errors. Significant results cannot be achieved if less than 50% of the audit committee members are independent financial experts.",
keywords = "Management studies, Audit committees, Corporate governance research, Financial expertise, Independence",
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language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "17--33",
journal = "Problems and Perspectives in Management (PPM)",
issn = "1727-7051",
publisher = "LLC CPC Business Perspectives",
number = "4",

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KW - Audit committees

KW - Corporate governance research

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