Tendeloo, Brenda van; Vanstraelen, Ann - In: European Accounting Review 14 (2005) 1, pp. 155-180
This paper addresses the question whether voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is associated with lower earnings management. Ball et al. (Journal of Accounting and Economics, 36(1-3), pp. 235-270, 2003) argue that adopting high quality standards might be a...