...Bo Gao; Thomas Omer; Marjorie Shelley SUMMARY Despite SOX enhancing the requirements of audit committee (AC) members, AC members are perceived to be inactively involved or lacking timely information about accounting issues. However, when lead independent directors (LIDs) serve on ACs, they bring...

...Yonghong Jia; Xinghua Gao SUMMARY This study examines how the appointment of an audit committee (AC) member as the lead independent director (AC_LID) is associated with AC oversight quality. On one hand, this designation can elevate AC prominence and authority on the board and improve AC oversight...