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IFRS in National Regulatory Space: Insights from Sweden

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  • Berit Hartmann
  • Jan Marton
  • Josefin Andersson Sols

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Based on two empirical cases, this paper illustrates and comments on the complexities of implementing and enforcing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a national setting. The paper sheds light on the difficulties that arise in the local regulatory space when IFRS requirements start to shape national accounting legislation and regulations. The findings suggest that the investor focus and requirements for managerial judgement of IFRS can pose two problems. Firstly, an extended influence of IFRS creates tension with established institutions that have developed in the local accounting tradition. Secondly, local organisations can respond strongly to new IFRS regulations and their potential implementation, even if the contradiction with local practice bears no immediate economic consequence to them. The study contributes to the contextualisation of financial accounting in national culture by highlighting the different understandings and uses of IFRS by actors involved in the Swedish regulatory space.

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  • Berit Hartmann & Jan Marton & Josefin Andersson Sols, 2020. "IFRS in National Regulatory Space: Insights from Sweden," Accounting in Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 367-387, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acceur:v:17:y:2020:i:3:p:367-387
    DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2020.1824073
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    1. Albu, Nadia & Albu, Cătălin Nicolae & Cho, Charles H. & Pesci, Caterina, 2023. "Not on the ruins, but with the ruins of the past – Inertia and change in the financial reporting field in a transitioning country," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    2. Dinu Elena Loredana, 2022. "The concept of quality of financial accounting information and the relationship with IFRS standards: analysis of the situation of companies listed on BVB," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 16(1), pages 1353-1367, August.

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