TY - JOUR T1 - The Expertise of Audit Committee and Earnings Management in Banks AU - Zgarni, Amina AU - Fedhila, Hassouna JO - International Business Management VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 249 EP - 255 PY - 2019 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2019.249.255 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2019.249.255 KW - Audit committee expertise KW -earnings management KW -banks KW -provisions KW -mitigation KW -bankruptcy AB - It is widely accepted that the financial sector has undergone countless serious and severe financial crises and scandals in recent decades. The devastating effect of these shocks which has immediately been manifested by the bankruptcy of many large banks has affected many economies around the world and has called into question the credibility of the financial reporting disclosed. The purpose of this study is to show the effective role of an audit committee of expert members in finance and/or accounting in the mitigation of earnings management in banking institutions. The results of the empirical investigation initiated with Tunisian commercial banks over a period from 2007-2017 show that the expertise of the audit committee cannot mitigate the earnings management despite the legal provisions. ER -