In 2004, the IASB adopted the mandatory annual impairment-test-only of goodwill (IAS 36) instead of amortization of goodwill. We present and discuss the academic literature regarding the association between the goodwill impairment, under this new standard, and the revision of investors'...

We study the effect of the mandatory adoption of IFRS in Europe in 2005 on conditional conservatism. To capture conditional conservatism, we use three measures: the Basu (1997) measure, the Khan and Watts (2009) measure, and a measure controlling for potential shifts in unconditional...

We examine the determinants of voluntary adoption of IFRS by medium-to-large UK unlisted firms (8417 firms comprising 287 IFRS firms and 8130 non-IFRS firms in 2009). Analysing voluntary adoption allows us to better understand the cost/benefits of choosing a specific set of accounting standards....

We study the effect of the mandatory adoption of IFRS in Europe in 2005 on conditional conservatism. To capture conditional conservatism, we use three measures: the Basu (1997) measure, the Khan and Watts (2009) measure, and a measure controlling for potential shifts in unconditional...

Focusing on segment disclosures under the management approach, we investigate managers' choices with respect to both segment reporting quantity and quality and the usefulness of these two characteristics for financial analysts. We measure quantity as the number of segment-level line items and...

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

We test to see whether a higher degree of conservatism is associated with greater investment efficiency (reducing over- and under-investment) for a sample of French firms before and after the mandatory adoption of IFRS in 2005. While a theoretical link between conservatism and investment...

This paper provides an overview of rules for taxation and dividend distributions for EU and UK listed entities in EU regulated markets. Empirical research on IFRS application typically considers IFRS as informative about future cash flows. However, taxes and distributable dividends are based on...