financial sector for its implications on the quality of financial reporting. Although several procedures have been developed by … researchers and practitioners to determine any manipulation in financial reporting, the practice of creative accounting is still … prevalent, resulting in poor quality financial reporting. The present study investigated the moderating role of transparency and …

This study examines financial reporting quality (FRQ) effects around IFRS adoptions of German private firms across two … access to public equity markets. Using a matched sample of private German GAAP and IFRS reporting firms, we find some …

increases, firms have higher financial reporting quality. Theory also predicts that the impact of blockholders' exit threat on … financial reporting quality should increase as the manager's wealth is tied more closely to the stock price, and this is what we … find. Our study contributes to the research on the impact of shareholders on financial reporting quality and to an emerging …

We examine the costs and benefits of proactive financial reporting enforcement by the UK Financial Reporting Review …, and in particular those Main companies with stronger incentives for higher financial reporting quality. Overall, our study … indicates that financial reporting enforcement generates costs and benefits, but not always for the same companies …