This paper analyzes the capitalization of Research & Development (R&D) expenditures under IFRS. Discretionary R&D capitalization can be exercised by managers to signal private information on future economic benefits to the market. It can, however, also serve as opportunistic earnings management....

This paper analyzes the consequences of the capitalization of development expenditures under IAS 38 on analysts' earnings forecasts. We use unique hand-collected data in a sample of highly research and development (R&D) intensive German listed firms over the period 2000 to 2007. We find that the...

Zehn Jahre nachdem das IASB das sonstige Gesamtergebnis eingeführt hat, führt dieses immer noch ein Schattendasein. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob dieser Zustand berechtigt ist und falls erwünscht, wie dieser geändert werden könnte. In den 1970er Jahren führte die anhaltend hohe Inflation zu...

Based on the notion that the effects of IFRS adoption are dependent on changes in the institutional environment, this paper analyses the effects of one prominent feature of IFRS: the accounting for research and development (R&D) under IAS 38. In our setting, IFRS adoption is accompanied by a...