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Book Synopsis Determinants and Consequences of a Voluntary Turn Away from IFRS to Local GAAP by : Peter Fiechter
Download or read book Determinants and Consequences of a Voluntary Turn Away from IFRS to Local GAAP written by Peter Fiechter and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine determinants and consequences of a turn away from IFRS to local GAAP, thereby exploiting a unique feature of the Swiss setting in which listed firms are allowed to switch from IFRS to Swiss GAAP, all else being equal. We posit that net benefits of IFRS are less for small firms with higher insider ownership. In addition, we predict that the net benefits of IFRS are not constant over time because of changes in IFRS and/or changes in firm-specific circumstances. To the extent that the switching firms' costs of IFRS reporting outweigh its benefits, we do not predict adverse capital-market effects after a switch. Consistent with predictions, we find that (a) small firms with higher insider ownership and fewer foreign investor holdings are more likely to switch, (b) increasing reporting costs as well as changes in firm-specific circumstances affect switching propensity, (c) switching firms substantially reduce their disclosures after they switch, and (d) switching firms neither experience a decrease in liquidity nor negative announcement returns. Overall, our findings are important for standard setters and securities regulators in shaping (future) reporting requirements for listed firms.
Book Synopsis The Voluntary Turn Away from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER by : Manuel Hürzeler
Download or read book The Voluntary Turn Away from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER written by Manuel Hürzeler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study at hand is to examine the implications of a voluntary turn away from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER on the risk of manipulation. In this context, manipulation is understood as a comprehensive concept that encompasses both earnings management and financial statement fraud and is measured by applying Beneish's M-score and Dechow's F-score. In the theoretical part of the thesis it was shown that the choice of the accounting standard, in particular the degree of accounting flexibility, has a significant impact on the risk of manipulation and the overall quality of accounting. At the same time it was noted that Swiss GAAP FER offers more accounting flexibility than IFRS. Based on these findings, it was expected that a change from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER would be accompanied by an increase in the risk of manipulation, and thus lower accounting quality. From a holistic point of view, this does not seem to be the case as the empirical analysis has revealed little evidence of an increase in the risk of manipulation in the Swiss GAAP FER period. On this basis, it was found that the risk of manipulation and thus the overall quality of the financial reporting does not seem to be adversely affected by a change from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER. Overall, the results of the study at hand suggest that the choice of the accounting standard only plays a subordinate role with regard to risk of manipulation and accounting quality.
Book Synopsis The Economics and Politics of Accounting by : Christian Leuz
Download or read book The Economics and Politics of Accounting written by Christian Leuz and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting and the role of accountants has permeated the modern societies. For the most part we have accepted the impartiality and objectivity of accounting and not recognized how accounting systems are embedded in a country's economic and legal framework, much of which is in turn shaped by political processes. This web of interactions results in complex economic and political questions which require accounting researchers to focus on several related trends: information economics, regulatory economics, sociology, and political science. Although considerable progress has been made in the field of accounting, many fundamental questions are still subject to debate. In this book leading international scholars address a number of important questions: · What is the role of accounting in security valuation, decision making and contracting? · What can we learn from economics-based research in accounting? · What is the role of auditing and how can accounting standards be enforced? · What are the cost and benefits of accounting and disclosure regulation? · What is the role of accounting in society? · How does lobbying affect the political process of standard setting? · What are the consequences of the internationalization of standard setting? This seminal book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and graduate students of Accounting, Finance, Business Studies, Sociology, and Political Economy.
Book Synopsis The German Financial System by : Jan Pieter Krahmen (editor)
Download or read book The German Financial System written by Jan Pieter Krahmen (editor) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of scholars, predominantly from the Centre for Financial Studies in Frankfurt, this volume provides a descriptive survey of the present state of the German financial system and a new analytical framework to explain its workings.
Download or read book Goodbye IFRS written by Justin Chircop and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study we analyse the determinants and consequences of dropping IFRS. Most Swiss firms listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and most Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong (H Share companies) use IFRS, but a significant number of these firms have recently opted to drop IFRS. We first analyse the determinants for dropping IFRS and find that less capital market-oriented firms are more likely to drop IFRS. Second, we analyse the effects of dropping IFRS on commonly used accounting quality measures and find some evidence for reduced quality after dropping IFRS. As Swiss GAAP differs more from IFRS than Chinese GAAP does, we expect that accounting quality reduces more in Switzerland than in China, but we do not find evidence for this. Third, we analyse the capital market effects of dropping IFRS and find no evidence of capital market effects of dropping IFRS in either China or Switzerland. The fact that we do not find negative market reactions to dropping IFRS suggests that the decision to drop IFRS does not harm investors.
Book Synopsis Flexibility in Cash-Flow Classification Under IFRS by : Elizabeth A. Gordon
Download or read book Flexibility in Cash-Flow Classification Under IFRS written by Elizabeth A. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) allow managers flexibility in classifying interest paid, interest received, and dividends received within operating, investing, or financing activities within the statement of cash flows. In contrast, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) requires these items to be classified as operating cash flows (OCF). Studying IFRS-reporting firms in 13 European countries, we document firms' cash-flow classification choices vary, with about 76%, 60%, and 57% of our sample classifying interest paid, interest received, and dividends received, respectively, in OCF. Reported OCF under IFRS tends to exceed what would be reported under U.S. GAAP. We find the main determinants of OCF-enhancing classification choices are capital market incentives and other firm characteristics, including greater likelihood of financial distress, higher leverage, and accessing equity markets more frequently. In analyzing the consequences of reporting flexibility, we find some evidence that the market's assessment of the persistence of operating cash flows and accruals varies with the firm's classification choices and the results of certain OCF prediction models are sensitive to classification choices.
Book Synopsis Worldwide Financial Reporting by : George J. Benston
Download or read book Worldwide Financial Reporting written by George J. Benston and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International accounting standards tend to converge, as do auditing, enforcement and corporate governance, whereas trading of equity shares remains essentially national. The book provides a thorough analysis of what information investors really need, how financial accounting systems developed and their current requirements in major commercial countries, and examines current issues, particularly the benefits and costs a single or multiple accounting standards, the bases for accounting standards, and limitations to accounting disclosure in financial statements.
Book Synopsis Globalisation of Accounting Standards by : Jayne Maree Godfrey
Download or read book Globalisation of Accounting Standards written by Jayne Maree Godfrey and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jayne Godfrey and Keryn Chalmers explore the intricacies of the globalisation of accounting standards - arguably one of the most significant business developments of the wider globalisation process during the past two decades. They examine the key issues and implications of this harmonization of accounting standards from the perspectives of a diverse range of worldwide stakeholders. "Globalisation of Accounting Standards" shows that globalisation approaches differ significantly because countries seek to maintain varying degrees of sovereignty over their regulations. International differences in economic, political, legal, religious and social characteristics also affect globalisation approaches and, in turn, influence national accounting standard-setting agendas. The book explores why countries relinquish their existing national accounting standard-setting regimes to join the global movement. It also seeks to resolve questions such as: To what extent are national incentives altruistic, economic, political or social? Who are the winners and losers in the process? This authoritative book is thoroughly researched and expertly informed. Written by both academics and regulators, it tackles a critical and controversial issue in the globalisation movement. As such, it will be of great interest to a wide-ranging audience including: international, national, private and public sector standard-setters, economic regulators, accounting academics and political economists and strategists.
Download or read book Mandating IFRS written by Dr. Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Losing the Excess Baggage written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Earnings Quality by : Jennifer Francis
Download or read book Earnings Quality written by Jennifer Francis and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review lays out a research perspective on earnings quality. We provide an overview of alternative definitions and measures of earnings quality and a discussion of research design choices encountered in earnings quality research. Throughout, we focus on a capital markets setting, as opposed, for example, to a contracting or stewardship setting. Our reason for this choice stems from the view that the capital market uses of accounting information are fundamental, in the sense of providing a basis for other uses, such as stewardship. Because resource allocations are ex ante decisions while contracting/stewardship assessments are ex post evaluations of outcomes, evidence on whether, how and to what degree earnings quality influences capital market resource allocation decisions is fundamental to understanding why and how accounting matters to investors and others, including those charged with stewardship responsibilities. Demonstrating a link between earnings quality and, for example, the costs of equity and debt capital implies a basic economic role in capital allocation decisions for accounting information; this role has only recently been documented in the accounting literature. We focus on how the precision of financial information in capturing one or more underlying valuation-relevant constructs affects the assessment and use of that information by capital market participants. We emphasize that the choice of constructs to be measured is typically contextual. Our main focus is on the precision of earnings, which we view as a summary indicator of the overall quality of financial reporting. Our intent in discussing research that evaluates the capital market effects of earnings quality is both to stimulate further research in this area and to encourage research on related topics, including, for example, the role of earnings quality in contracting and stewardship.
Book Synopsis Financial Reporting and Global Capital Markets by : Kees Camfferman
Download or read book Financial Reporting and Global Capital Markets written by Kees Camfferman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and scholarly historical study of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), which prepared the way for the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The IASB holds the dominant influence over the financial reporting of thousands of listed companies in the European Union as well as in many other countries.
Book Synopsis Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets by : Vanessa Le Leslé
Download or read book Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets written by Vanessa Le Leslé and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the Basel III capital adequacy framework. We discuss the key drivers behind the differences in these calculations, drawing upon a sample of systemically important banks from Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. We then discuss a range of policy options that could be explored to fix the actual and perceived problems with RWAs, and improve the use of risk-sensitive capital ratios.
Download or read book FRS 102 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theory of Accounting and Control by : Shyam Sunder
Download or read book Theory of Accounting and Control written by Shyam Sunder and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Barnard and Simon's contract model of organizations, this text integrates financial, managerial, tax, auditing, not-for-profit and governmental aspects of accounting into a single framework within the economic theory of the firm.
Book Synopsis Accounting in Central and Eastern Europe by : Catalin Albu
Download or read book Accounting in Central and Eastern Europe written by Catalin Albu and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), most of them former components of the communist bloc, have suffered diverse influences over time. Historically, the advent of communism in the 1950s has stopped the economic and political development of these countries. Its fall during the late 1980s and early 1990s triggered severe changes in the economic and social environment, with profound consequences on the countries' accounting and business models. The accounting regulatory process of these countries has mostly been a public one, although some countries also involved private sector and professional bodies. With economic and political reforms these countries are now reforming their accounting systems with for example the adoption of International Accounting Standards/International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Additionally, the CEE countries' political will to join the European Union compelled the regulators to ensure a high level of harmonization with the European Directives. This volume present theoretical and empirical papers that will further our understanding of accounting issues in CEE countries.
Book Synopsis IFRS 2 by : International Accounting Standards Board
Download or read book IFRS 2 written by International Accounting Standards Board and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
