question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory … harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers, essentially making it easier for accounting professionals to move across … countries. Our research design compares the cross-border migration of accounting professionals relative to tightly-matched other …

This paper examines the economic consequences of mandatory IFRS reporting around the world. We analyze the effects on … market liquidity, cost of capital and Tobin's q in 26 countries using a large sample of firms that are mandated to adopt IFRS …. We find that, on average, market liquidity increases around the time of the introduction of IFRS. We also document a …