Research Question: Whether the adoption of IFRSs has led to the harmonization and comparability of Baltic listed companies' cash flow statements? Motivation: Baker and Barbu (2007) have marked that the adoption of IFRSs in EU is the new phase of international harmonization. However, IFRSs still...

The adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting might become more comparable across countries. This expectation is opposed to an alternative view that stresses the importance of incentives in shaping accounting information. We provide early...

The mandatory adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting information might become more comparable across countries. This expectation is opposed to an alternative view that stresses the importance of incentives in shaping accounting information....

We aim at giving a general view of the context in which appears the latest accounting evolutions, linked with the actual financialization of the financial market. Isn’t there a risk that the new IFRS standards and their concern about transparency and comparability impoverish the information by...

We investigate how the voluntary adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) prior to 2005 has contributed to the informational efficiency regarding pan-European stock markets. We find evidence of the potential usefulness of the IFRS for making financial decisions. Taking...

L’introduction depuis le 1er janvier 2005 des normes IAS/IFRS entraîne des remous compréhensibles dans la communauté des analystes financiers, légitimement interpellés par la nécessité d’appréhender correctement des comptes annuels établis selon un référentiel dont...

Using a large sample of European firms that mandatorily adopted IFRS, this paper assesses how firm-level governance, as proxied by board attributes, and country-level enforcement interplay in affecting financial reporting quality. Financial reporting quality is assumed to have three dimensions:...

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Accounting standard setters are considering the wider use of fair value accounting. This paper focuses on the financial stability implications of a move in the banking sector from the current accounting framework to full fair value accounting. A simulation exercise is performed on how various...