Nous étudions la pertinence informationnelle (value relevance) en Europe du résultat global par rapport à celle du résultat net, et l'apport des normes IFRS en la matière ainsi que l'impact d'une certification par les " grands cabinets d'audit ". Pour cela, nous utilisons une base de...

We investigate the effects of mandatory IRS adoption in th EU on accounting conversation, an essential feature of earning quality, and the way large audit firms(big 4) interact with it.

Since 2005, all European Union listed firms comply with IFRS. The resulting mandatory changes in accounting methods have substantially affected reported earnings. Using the factSet/JCF database that collects 2005 earnings forecast based on both IFRS and local GAAP for a set of European listed...

We investigate the way auditor characteristics (i.e., reputation and industry specialization) interact on the consequences of mandatory IFRS adoption in Europe in terms of accounting conservatism. Indeed, a mandatory adoption setting may control for firm-level reporting incentives when gauging...

Since 2005, all European Union listed firms must comply with IFRS. The resulting mandatory changes in accounting methods have substantially affected reported earnings predictions. Using the FactSet/JCF database that collects 2005 earnings forecasts under both IFRS and local GAAP for European...

Several studies show that mandatory IFRS adoption resulted in positive capital market impacts for both investors (higher stock liquidity and lower information asymmetry) and firms (lower cost of equity capital). However, the observed impacts are only mean impacts since the characteristics of...