Günther, Nina; Gegenfurtner, Bernhard; Kaserer, Christoph - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2009
We revisit evidence whether incentives or IFRS drive earnings quality changes, analyzing a large sample of German firms in the period from 1998 to 2008. Consistent with previous studies we find that voluntary and mandatory adopters differ distinctively in terms of essential firm characteristics...