The main objective of this thesis is to study the effect of the mandatory adoption of IFRS on the accounting quality. Empirical tests have focused on two panels, the first consists of 14 European countries adopting IFRS and the second is composed of eight others non-adopters of IFRS. Both panels were divided according to their institutional features: the force of law, the degree of incentive for financial reporting and the differences between local GAAP and IFRS. The results of empirical tests indicate that the adoption of IFRS has had a positive effect on the informational relevance of accounting numbers on the compared institutional groups. Conversely, empirical tests show an increase in earnings management after the adoption of IFRS. Fin...
The European Community Regulation No. 1606/2002 required all EU listed companies to prepare their co...
• Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification of...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...
<p>This thesis includes three papers that consider the effects of IFRS adoption on accounting compar...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the scientific literature dedicated to IFRS implementation p...
This thesis investigates whether IFRS adoption has led to an increase in the relevance of accounting...
Since 2005, when the IFRSs were mandatorily adopted for publicly traded companies within the Europea...
International audienceWe study the effects of IFRS adoption in Europe on the value relevance of both...
The adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting mig...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...
EU gave the opportunity to each Member State to oblige/allow non-listed (i.e. private) companies to ...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification of E...
This paper addresses the question whether adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (I...
The objective of mandatory adoption of IFRS is to enhance the quality of accounting information in ...
Purpose: To assess the impact of the mandatory adoption of the International Financial Reporting Sta...
The European Community Regulation No. 1606/2002 required all EU listed companies to prepare their co...
• Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification of...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...
<p>This thesis includes three papers that consider the effects of IFRS adoption on accounting compar...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the scientific literature dedicated to IFRS implementation p...
This thesis investigates whether IFRS adoption has led to an increase in the relevance of accounting...
Since 2005, when the IFRSs were mandatorily adopted for publicly traded companies within the Europea...
International audienceWe study the effects of IFRS adoption in Europe on the value relevance of both...
The adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting mig...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...
EU gave the opportunity to each Member State to oblige/allow non-listed (i.e. private) companies to ...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification of E...
This paper addresses the question whether adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (I...
The objective of mandatory adoption of IFRS is to enhance the quality of accounting information in ...
Purpose: To assess the impact of the mandatory adoption of the International Financial Reporting Sta...
The European Community Regulation No. 1606/2002 required all EU listed companies to prepare their co...
• Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding the classification of...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...