AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION VALUE RELEVANCE

This paper describes the results of empirical research investigated the effect of audit committee characteristics (AC) on the accounting information value relevance (VR) for Indonesian companies in 2014 - 2018. VR is measured using the Ohlson Model, while AC is measured using its members and its independence members. By using data of 590 firm-years, this study found that the size of the committee audit and the AC independence positively affects the value relevance of EPS. Yet, the AC size affects negatively the BVS value relevance whereas the AC independence does not affect BVS value relevance. These results enrich the literature of value relevance, especially in connection to the AC characteristics

Strategi Bisnis, Leverage Keuangan dan Kinerja Perusahaan

This paper is an empirical research investigating the impact of business strategy toward causality relationship between corporate leverage and its financial performance. Sample used in this study are 645 manufacture company listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during period of 2010 – 2014. Company’s performance is measured by Market to Book Value ratio, leverage is measured by dividing total debt to total assets, and competitive strategy is measured by dummy variable, where 1 is for company adopted product differentiation strategy and 0 is for those adopted cost leadership strategy. This research found negative impact of leverage toward financial performance and the impact is more severe for company adopted product differentiation strategy. The result of this research is expected to help explaining why the previous studies investigated direct relationship between leverage and performance tend to be not consistent and contradictive.

STRUKTUR KEPEMILIKAN DAN KONSERVATISME AKUNTANSI

This research investigates the effect of ownership structure on accounting conservatism in companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 to 2018. The sampling was carried out using a purposive method and produced a sample of 149 companies with a total of 447 company-year observations. Conservatism is measured using the accrual method while ownership structure is calculated using the Herfindahl index. This study obtained evidence that concentrated ownership structure positively affects accounting conservatism. This research contributes to the literature by introducing a hybrid approach in the form of the Herfindahl index in measuring the density or density of share ownership

Audit Committee Characteristics and Financial Performance: Indonesian Evidence

This research investigates the effect of audit committee characteristics, which includes independence (ACIN), size (ACSIZE), competence (ACCO), and frequency of meetings (ACMT) on the financial performance (PERF) of manufacturing firms listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the year of 2016 and 2017. PERF is measured and proxy with the return on assets (ROA); ACIN is measured by the percentage of members from outside the company; ACCO is measured using percentage of audit committee members who have accounting and finance educational background; and ACMT is measured using the number of audit committee meetings in 2016 and 2017. The study finds that all of the characteristics of audit committee positively affect the company's performance. The research also uses three control variables, which are the quality of auditors (BIG4), financial leverage (LEV) and company size (SIZE). BIG4 and LEV positively affect the company's financial performance, while the financial performance of the company is negatively affected by SIZE

Corporate Governance, Accounting Information Quality, and Cost of Equity Capital an Indonesia\u27 Evidence

The purpose of this paper is to discuss empirical research examining the impact of corporate governance practice (CG) and accounting information quality (AIQ) on the cost of equity capital (COEC) in the context of agency problem and information asymmetry. This research uses a sample of 414 firms in the period between 2010 and 2013. The total observations consist of 1.656 firm-years. COEC, as a dependent variable is measured by price-earnings-growth (PEG) model. AIQ, as an independent variable is measured by absolute discretionary accrual as an inverse measure of accounting quality. CG is proxy by managerial ownership (MAN), measured by the percentage of management\u27s equity shares, and institutional ownership (INS) which is measured by the percentage of an institution\u27s owned equity shares. The data used in this study is obtained from Indonesian Capital Market Directory, Indonesian Stock Exchange database, and from company annual reports. This research finds evidence of a negative association of AIQ and COEC. Since AIQ uses an inverse measure of accounting quality, this means that accounting quality increases COEC. Thus this result does not support the hypothesis. With respect to CG, both MAN and INS negatively affect COEC. This means that CG decreases COEC and support the hypothesis

Conservatism, Earnings Quality, and Stock Prices - Indonesian Evidence

Research aims: This research investigates the association of conservatism (both conditional and unconditional) with quality of earnings as well as with stock prices on companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).Design/Methodology/Approach: The research uses a sample of 846 observations of publicly listed companies on the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the fiscal year that ends on December 31, 2016 through 2018. Conditional conservatism is measured by using an asymmetric timeliness measure from Basu (ATMB). Net income ratio (CFO/NI) is a proxy for earnings quality whereas ratio between market value and book value (MTB) is a measure of unconditional conservatism. The data used in this study are obtained both from Indonesian Stock Exchange database, and from company annual reports.Research findings: The study finds that all companies analyzed implement conservative accounting policies and practices. Besides, quality of earnings and stock prices are negatively associated with conditional conservatism. This research also proves that stock price negatively associated with unconditional conservatism, whereas unconditional conservatism does not associated with earnings quality.Theoretical contribution/ Originality: This study enriches the existing literature about conservatism, especially in emerging market environment. Moreover, this study discusses a set of conservatism that consist of conditional and unconditional conservatism. This may give a complete picture of conservatism practices adopted by Indonesian companies.Practitioner/Policy implication: Since conservatism can solve agency cost problems, the result of this study may affect the way a company produce useful information for interest parties.Research limitation/Implication: The use of the purposive sampling method limits generalizations, because sample designs could not be assumed to characterize all companies listed on IDX.

Ownership Concentration, Firm Size and Information Value Relevance: Indonesian Evidence

This paper describes empirical evidence investigated the effect of ownership concentration and firm’s size on the accounting information value relevance. Ownership concentration (OC) is measured by Herfindahl index; firm's size is measured by a log of total assets, whereas value relevance is measured by the Ohlson’ Price Model. Using a sample of 119 manufacturing firms listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) for the year of 2011-2015, this research finds that ownership concentration positively affects both the value relevance of earnings per share and book value per share. Moreover, the firm's size negatively affects the value relevance of earnings per share and book value per share. This study contributes to the existing literature about value relevance of ownership concentration and value relevance of firm's size, especially in the post- IFRS adoption period

Financial Distress, Audit Quality, and Earnings Management–Indonesia's Mining Sector Evidence

This paper describes research that investigated the association between financial distress (Dist) and accrual earnings management (AEM), and the role played by audit quality (AQ) in that association. Financial distress is measured by The Modified Altman Z-Score for emerging markets (EMZ score), earnings management is measured by discretionary accrual, and audit quality is measured by audit-firm size (Big4). Data analysis was performed with Pooled Least Square. Using data from Indonesian Mining Sector for 2016–2020, the research finds empirical evidence that financial distress firms involve in income-increasing accrual earning management, but such involvement is lower when firms are audited by Big 4 audit firms. This research contributes to previous literature about similar issues, specifically about the impact of financial distress on accrual earnings management. It also presents evidence about the role of audit quality in such an effect

Effects of Company Size, Company Age, Audit Committee, and Auditor Quality on Sharia Information Disclosure Compliance -An Indonesian Sharia ’Financial Industry Evidence

This manuscript describes the research investigated the effect of company size, company age, audit committee independence, and auditor quality on compliance with sharia information disclosure in sharia financial institutions in Indonesia. Compliance disclosure is proxied by the Shariah compliance index adopted from previous studies and adjusted to sharia regulations and principles issued by the National Sharia Board. Firmsizeismeasuredbythenaturallogofcompanyassets,company ageis measured since the company was established until now, independence of audit committees is measured based on the percentage of external audit committee members,and auditor quality is measured using a dummy variable worth 1 if the company is audited by Big public accounting office 4 and given a value of 0 if the opposite. This study uses data from Islamic finance companies listed on the capital market for 2014 to 2016. The results of the study show that company size and company age have a positive effect, but external auditor quality has a negative effect on compliance with sharia information disclosure, while the independence of audit committee members has no effect towards compliance with sharia information disclosures. The results of this study are expected to contribute in the form of completing the literature on the level of disclosure ofIslamicinformationthatmustbedisclosedbyIndonesianIslamicfinancialinstitutions