We examine the value relevance of accounting fundamentals after the mandatory transition to IFRS in Greece. We find no significant change in the value relevance of book value of equity and earnings between the 2004 pre IFRS and 2005 post IFRS periods and conclude that the accounting framework is...

This report investigates the accounting for, and information disclosed under, IFRS 3 Business Combinations, IAS 36 Impairment of Assets, and IAS 38 Intangible Assets, and examines compliance levels with the mandated disclosures and their determinants

Theory suggests that increased levels of corporate disclosure lead to a decrease in cost of equity via the reduction of estimation risk. We examine compliance levels with IFRS 3 and IAS 36 mandated goodwill related disclosure and their association with firms' implied cost of equity capital...

Drawing on a large sample of European firms, we examine whether variant compliance levels with mandated disclosures under IAS 36 Impairment of Assets and IAS 38 Intangible Assets are value relevant and affect analysts' forecasts. Our results indicate a mean (median) compliance level of about 84%...