Expansion of business environment in the 1990s changed the financial set up of India from the conventional bank based borrowings to marked based one. This necessitated companies to address global stakeholders. The regulatory requirement of different countries also necessitated companies to do...

This paper reviews the literature on the effects of IFRS adoption. It aims to provide a cohesive picture of empirical archival literature on how IFRS adoption affects: financial reporting quality, capital markets, corporate decision making, stewardship and governance, debt contracting, and...

This monograph reviews the academic literature on market outcomes, reporting practices and the political economy behind the global use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We start with a conceptual discussion of expected benefits and costs of an international harmonization of...

This study contributes to the valuation of employee stock options (ESO) in two ways: First, a new pricing model is presented, admitting a major part of calculations to be solved in closed form. Designed with a focus on good replication of empirics, the model fits with publicly observable...

The mainstream theoretical and empirical research presented in the study is a comparative analysis of comprehensive income reporting by groups listed in the Polish and German capital markets. The theoretical part of the article is dedicated to a scientific discussion on the determinants of the...

Recent standard-setting activity related to fair value accounting has injected new life into questions of whether fair value provides information useful for decision-making, and whether there might be unintended consequences on financial stability. This discussion paper provides insight into...

The main aim of this paper is to illustrate a comparative analysis for the accounting reporting of “employee benefits” between the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and other accounting reporting standards. The empirical analysis is carried out in accordance with the Greek...

Using data from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, we investigated the statistical properties of analysts' quarterly earnings projections in the years around the adoption of IFRS in Brazil (2007 to 2011). Characteristics such as accuracy, bias and precision of analysts' forecasts are useful in different...

The active societies from Romania have to elaborate the consolidated financial statements according to the International Financial Reporting Standards or the European Directives. The objective of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of these mentioned settlements and see how such...

We investigate the design of optimal share-based incentive contracts by formulating a stochastic differential game between a listed company and a representative manager. The value maximizing company can grant share-based payments to the manager as incentive component of the total salary package...