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Mandatory IFRS adoption and earnings management: The role of culture

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  • Lam, Kevin C.K.
  • Sami, Heibatollah
  • Yao, Jun
  • Yao, Yiwei

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Using a sample of 7936 firm-year observations and 922 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopter firms from 19 countries that mandated IFRS adoption in 2005 and 922 benchmark firms from 8 countries that did not mandate IFRS adoption in the sample period, we examine the role of trust in the effect of IFRS adoption on earnings management. Consistent with our predictions, we find (1) the earnings management-increasing effect of IFRS adoption is more pronounced in low trust countries/societies after control for country-level institutions, and (2) IFRS adoption decreases total earnings management in high trust countries/societies.

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  • Lam, Kevin C.K. & Sami, Heibatollah & Yao, Jun & Yao, Yiwei, 2023. "Mandatory IFRS adoption and earnings management: The role of culture," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jiaata:v:50:y:2023:i:c:s106195182300006x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100527
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