IFRS adoption in Europe and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Outsider versus insider economies
Journal
International Journal of Accounting
Subject
Accounting
Publishing details
Authors / Editors
Schleicher T;Tahoun A;Walker M
Biographies
Publication Year
2010
Abstract
We examine the economic consequences of the mandatory adoption of IFRS in EU countries by showing which types of economies have the largest reduction in investment-cash flow sensitivity post-IFRS. We also examine whether the reduction in investment-cash flow sensitivity depends on firm size as well as economy type. We find that the investment-cash flow sensitivity of insider economies is higher than that of outsider economies pre-IFRS and that IFRS reduces the investment-cash flow sensitivity of insider economies more than that of outsider economies. Also, we find that small firms in insider economies have the highest sensitivity of investment to lagged cash flow pre-IFRS, and that they are no longer sensitive to lagged cash flow post-IFRS. Overall, our results suggest that IFRS adoption might have improved the functioning of capital markets in relation to small firms in insider economies.
Keywords
IFRS; Investment-cash flow sensitivity; Insider and outsider economies; EU countries
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