Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

This study investigates the associations between financial reporting quality, political connectedness, and monitoring mechanisms (namely, strategic institutional ownership, internal audit sourcing arrangements, and audit quality) in Saudi Arabia. The study builds on a multi-theoretical framework to...

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Main Author: Alsalhi, Faisal Saleh
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88903
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description This study investigates the associations between financial reporting quality, political connectedness, and monitoring mechanisms (namely, strategic institutional ownership, internal audit sourcing arrangements, and audit quality) in Saudi Arabia. The study builds on a multi-theoretical framework to develop its hypotheses. Using 899 non-financial firm-year observations listed on the Saudi Capital Market between 2009 and 2017, findings show that political connectedness and strategic institutional investors enhance the quality of financial reports in the Saudi Arabian context.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-889032024-07-31T05:42:26Z Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia Alsalhi, Faisal Saleh This study investigates the associations between financial reporting quality, political connectedness, and monitoring mechanisms (namely, strategic institutional ownership, internal audit sourcing arrangements, and audit quality) in Saudi Arabia. The study builds on a multi-theoretical framework to develop its hypotheses. Using 899 non-financial firm-year observations listed on the Saudi Capital Market between 2009 and 2017, findings show that political connectedness and strategic institutional investors enhance the quality of financial reports in the Saudi Arabian context. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88903 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Alsalhi, Faisal Saleh
Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title_full Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title_short Financial Reporting Quality, Political Connectedness, and Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
title_sort financial reporting quality, political connectedness, and monitoring mechanisms: evidence from saudi arabia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88903