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accordance with EU-endorsed International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in an effort to increase the comparability of … financial information across EU Member States. While some expect IFRS reporting to increase the comparability of financial … information across the EU, others argue that comparability is unlikely because IFRS implementation will vary conditional on …
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The present paper aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the impact of shareholder activism on earnings management. Specifically, it is focused on investigating the moderating role of an external governance mechanism such as external audit quality. Based on a sample of French companies...
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The present paper aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the impact of shareholder activism on earnings management. Specifically, it is focused on investigating the moderating role of an external governance mechanism such as external audit quality. Based on a sample of French companies...
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Since the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and the subsequent directive by the EU, all … companies are required to report their consolidated financial statements in line with the IFRS prescribed formats. The study … Germany) and found a disparity in the adherence to IFRS reporting guidelines. Inconsistencies in the application of …
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, the French standard-setter. Our analysis of those texts reveals that none of them refer to IFRS. We did not find evidence … of any reference to IFRS from the AMF, the French market regulator, in its decisions on the right application of French … GAAP by listed companies. Hence, IFRS seem to have played a minor role in the recent modification of French regulations …
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We examine the determinants of voluntary synergy disclosure by target companies during takeover bids. The sample contains 124 French takeover bids between 1999 and 2011. The variables assumed to influence the targets' synergy disclosure are the characteristics of the bid and the characteristics...
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This paper focuses on studying why some managers of listed companies decide to disclose their financial numbers later than others who opt to publish earlier. This research concentrates on both statutory annual financial disclosures in France: the earnings announcements date and the full...
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