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Role Of The Audit Committee Chair In The Financial Reporting Process, Izhar Haq
Role Of The Audit Committee Chair In The Financial Reporting Process, Izhar Haq
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In my dissertation, I examine the role of the audit committee chair in the financial reporting process and test if the change in audit committee chair is associated with changes in audit fees, audit report lag, and audit quality. Motivation for this dissertation comes from the increased attention paid by legislators and regulators in recent years on the role of the audit committee in the financial reporting process. While prior studies have examined diverse issues related to the composition of the audit committee, no prior study has examined the role of the audit committee chair on the oversight of financial …