Our study investigates the role of firm and country characteristics in determining the level of compliance with mandatory disclosure requirements. We also examine whether the role of firm characteristics hold across different country environments. Our empirical study relies on European Union...

This study analyzes the impact of IFRS adoption on earnings management in the emerging country which is probably the most important economy in the world that has adopted IFRS mandatorily, Brazil. We examine the distributions of reported earnings in order to find discontinuities around the zero...

This paper expands the IFRS accounting systems' classification proposed by Nobes [(2011). IFRS practices and the persistence of accounting system classification. Abacus, 47(3), 267–283] to a broader set of European countries. The results suggest a classification distinguishing between four...

This paper expands prior IFRS accounting systems' classifications to a broader set of 27 countries where the IFRS adoption is a widespread practice, plus the United States of America (USA). The results suggest a classification distinguishing between three groups of countries, based on the...

This study addresses whether the market views the venturer's share of the assets and liabilities of Jointly Controlled Entities (JCEs) as assets and liabilities of the venturer. The role of JCEs' assets and liabilities is a key question underlying the international debate on the appropriate...

This study investigates the firm-level and country-level conditions affecting the company's decision to engage in partial acquisitions. For the purpose of our empirical analysis, that decision is measured thought the existence or not of Non-Controlling Interests in fourteen European countries....

This study aims to identify the impact of IFRS adoption in stock price synchronicity of Brazilian capital market through its influence on how much and in which way firm-specific information is incorporated by stock prices. There are divergences in the literature about how IFRS adoption...

Researchers have long been interested in whether the classification of various items on the balance sheet matters to investors. This paper provides evidence on whether reporting non-controlling interests (NCI) as equity or as non-equity matters in terms of value relevance. We use a sample of...