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Prior literature shows that choices regarding board composition are associated with earnings management. We add to this literature by examining the effects of the presence of a foreign board member on earnings management. Using a sample of 3,249 firm-year observations representing 586...
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Prior literature shows that choices regarding board composition are associated with earnings management. We add to this literature by examining the effects of the presence of a foreign board member on earnings management. Using a sample of 3,249 firm-year observations representing 586...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936601
This paper studies the drivers behind the monitoring effectiveness of institutional investors in curbing earnings management in an international setting. We identify three distinct drivers and propose two competing hypotheses: the hometown advantage hypothesis predicts that because of proximity...
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The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most … dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on field studies in three jurisdictions: Canada …, China, and India. Across these jurisdictions, I first describe unique elements of domestic political economies that are …
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This paper seeks to explain the transnationalization of financial reporting by corporations. Specifically it considers how the status of International Financial Reporting Standards - constructed and issued by a private organization: the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) – changed...
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We examine the impact of global IFRS adoption on cross-border equity investments by individual investors. Our proxy for … following mandatory adoption of IFRS. This effect is more pronounced for attention-grabbing stocks (e.g., stocks experiencing an … increase in media coverage following IFRS adoption). Our results suggest that global IFRS adoption enhances cross-border equity …
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The study focused on the assessment of Nigerian banks' compliance level with the guidelines of IFRS towards determining … successful execution of this research work. A total of 77 disclosure items obtained from the IFRS disclosures checklist were … banks to IFRS disclosure guidelines has indeed improved the acceptability of her financial reporting practices globally. It …
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diffusion of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). By applying the critical discourse analysis and the Latourian … translation in the diffusion of IFRS: problematization of rules-based accounting standards and translational implementation of … IFRS. Overall, this paper suggests that the principles-based discourse plays a critical role in the institutionalization of …
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