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This paper studies the comparability between US GAAP and International Accounting Standards/International Financial … Reporting Standards (IAS/IFRS) by looking at the Form 20-F reconciliation adjustments to US GAAP made by firms using IASs in the … material adjustments. Overall, we conclude that, although material differences still exist, IASs and US GAAP seem to be …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the cost of equity capital for foreign firms listed in the US stock exchanges during 2004-2009, a period that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shifted from requiring foreign issuers to comply with the US GAAP reconciliations to...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the cost of equity capital for foreign firms listed in the US stock exchanges during 2004‐2009, a period that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shifted from requiring foreign issuers to comply with the US GAAP reconciliations to...
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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the impact of the filing of Form 20-F to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on short-term trading volume and return by those foreign firms which list their securities in the US Stock Exchanges. Design/methodology/approach – The authors...
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since the adoption of the International Accounting Standards (IASs) in 1990 by all Kuwaiti corporations. The study reports … earnings (book values) has increased (decreased) since the adoption of IASs in 1990. …
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The article reviews the evolution of external audit in some European countries and considers how this is likely to affect auditing in the future. The analysis shows how the European Commission has recently concentrated its harmonization focus on the consolidated accounts of listed companies and...
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From its inception in 1973, the former International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) worked towards harmonising global accounting standards by developing standards that could serve as a model on which national standard setters could base their own standards. The IASC was replaced by the...
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