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Accounting Standards Harmonization and Financial Integration

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  • Dan Dhaliwal
  • Wen He
  • Yan Li
  • Raynolde Pereira

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We empirically examine whether adopting a uniform set of accounting standards mitigates information frictions in financial markets and facilitates market integration. Using a difference‐in‐difference design, we find that after the mandatory adoption of IFRS local stock returns incorporate more global information and at a faster speed. The effect of IFRS adoption is stronger in countries where there are larger improvements in accounting comparability and for firms with a larger increase in foreign ownership. Overall, our results suggest that accounting standards harmonization facilitates financial market integration. Harmonisation des normes comptables et intégration financière Les auteurs effectuent une étude empirique visant à déterminer si l'adoption d'un ensemble uniforme de normes comptables atténue les frictions en ce qui a trait à l'information sur les marchés financiers et facilite l'intégration de ces marchés. L'utilisation d'un modèle d’écart dans les différences révèle qu'après l'adoption obligatoire des normes internationales d'information financière (IFRS), les rendements des actions sur les marchés régionaux incorporent davantage de données mondiales, à un rythme plus rapide. L'incidence de l'adoption des IFRS est plus marquée dans les pays où les améliorations de la comparabilité des données comptables sont plus sensibles et pour les sociétés dans lesquelles la hausse de la participation étrangère est plus importante. Dans l'ensemble, les résultats de l’étude paraissent indiquer que l'harmonisation des normes comptables facilite l'intégration des marchés financiers.

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  • Dan Dhaliwal & Wen He & Yan Li & Raynolde Pereira, 2019. "Accounting Standards Harmonization and Financial Integration," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 36(4), pages 2437-2466, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:36:y:2019:i:4:p:2437-2466
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12495
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    1. Xie, Lingmin & Chen, Zhian & Li, Donghui & Tan, Hongping, 2022. "Foreign analysts and managerial investment learning from stock markets," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    2. R. M. Ammar Zahid & Can Simga‐Mugan, 2024. "The impact of International Financial Reporting Standards adoption on the integration of capital markets," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(1), pages 229-250, January.

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