Kim, Jeong-Bon; Shi, Haina; Zhou, Jing - In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 42 (2014) 3, pp. 469-507
Using a sample of 21,608 firm-years from 34 countries during 1998–2004, this study evaluates the impact of voluntary adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on a firm’s implied cost of equity capital. We find that the implied cost of equity capital is significantly...