Affiliation:
1. SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
2. NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Abstract
The aim of this research study is to determine the effect of firm performance on audit committee diligence. The research concentrates on the relationship between audit committee meeting frequency and firm age. In this regard, the data of 12 banks operating in the financial sector in the BIST over the period 2010-2021 are examined in the research study. The variables such as “the number of years since the establishment of the company”, “logarithm of total assets”, “debt to assets ratio”, “return on equity” and “return on assets” are used as independent variables; whereas “the number of audit committee meetings held during the year” is used as the dependent variable. Panel data analysis is conducted to consider the effect of firm age on audit committee meeting frequency. A regression model, which is established with the obtained data, is analyzed with the help of STATA software. The findings obtained from the analysis indicate that the firm age has a positive and statistically significant effect on the audit committee meeting frequency at the 1% significance level. The other independent variables have no statistically significant effect on the dependent variable. Consequently, this study indicates that the firm’s audit committee diligence is closely associated with its market experience and active operating process.
Publisher
Trakya Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Building and Construction
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