Golden Ratio of Auditing Research
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): February - June

Audit Quality and its Effect on the Financial Performance of the Firm: A Case Study of Pakistan

Javed, Muhammad Naveed (Unknown)
Ahmad, Ashfaq (Unknown)
Iqbal, Asad (Unknown)
Waseem Qadri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Feb 2026

Abstract

The paper investigates the role of audit committee characteristics in a firm's financial performance. During the ongoing economic recession and the world financial crisis, the corporate governance systems are quite notorious. The audit committee represents one of the most important aspects of efficient corporate governance in companies. In Pakistan, little evidence exists on the effects of audit committees and their attributes on firm performance in the Pakistani literature. Four key characteristics of the audit committee were defined to examine their influence on the company's financial performance: independence, activity, size, and quality of the external audit. The researchers used Tobin's Q to quantify the market and ROA to quantify the accounting business. The panel data analysis showed that the size of the audit committee and the quality of the external audit positively and statistically significantly affect Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q. Two more variables, including audit committee independence and AC activity, also do not lead to any significant effect, and this can also be seen through the results of the jurisdiction studies that have been conducted in different countries. Essentially, the study has provided valuable information to regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders in Pakistan regarding the adoption of specific audit committee qualities. Incorporating these qualities can improve firms' financial performance. To determine whether the corporation's performance has improved, the audit committee's skills can be used to gather information at the company's administrative level.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

grar

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

Golden Ratio of Auditing Research (GRAR) aims to advance knowledge in auditing by publishing critiques, thought leadership papers, and literature reviews on specific aspects of auditing. The journal seeks to publish articles that have international appeal either due to the topic transcending ...