We examine the effectiveness of China's IFRS adoption from the perspective of an important set of financial report users, foreign institutional investors. We find that foreign institutional investment does not increase after China's IFRS adoption, and some evidence that it actually declines,...

We examine the impact of China's IFRS adoption on foreign institutional investment. We find that foreign institutional investment does not increase after China's IFRS adoption, and some evidence that it actually declines, particularly among firms with weaker incentives to credibly implement...

We examine the effectiveness of China's IFRS adoption from the perspective of an important set of financial report users, foreign institutional investors. We find that foreign institutional investment does not increase after China's IFRS adoption, and some evidence that it actually declines,...