Journal of Applied Finance & Accounting
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): Publish on June 2023

EXTERNAL AUDITOR APPOINTMENT IN INDONESIAN STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL CONNECTION AND ACCOUNTING IRREGULARITIES

Annastasia Joceline (Accounting Department, School of Accounting, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 11480)
Gatot Soepriyanto (Accounting Department, School of Accounting, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 11480)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jun 2023

Abstract

This research investigates how political connections and accounting irregularities affect the auditor appointment decision in Indonesian state-owned enterprises. This research considers auditor choice and switching decisions as its dependent variables. Political connection is calculated as a percentage of the firm's board of directors and commissioners with political connections. Accounting irregularities are calculated with Beneish M-Score. Employing the 235 firm-year observations from 2014 to 2018 using logit regression, this research documents the following results: (1) Political connection has a significant negative influence on auditor choice. (2) Accounting irregularities have a weak significant negative influence on auditor choice. (3) Political connection has no significant influence on auditor switching. (4) Accounting irregularities have no significant influence on auditor switching.

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Abbrev

JAFA

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Journal of Applied Finance & Accounting (JAFA) showcases useful theoretical and methodological results with the support of interesting empirical applications in the area of Finance and Accounting. Purely theoretical and methodological research with the potential for important applications is also ...