---
_id: '5101'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Prior literature finds that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
adopters enjoy lower financing costs subsequent to IFRS adoption. We predict and
find that mandatory IFRS adopters exploit lower financing costs to increase market
share vis-à-vis non-adopters. This effect is robust across several different model
specifications in a sample capturing the universe of public and private firms
in the EU, in a matched sample of public and private firms, and in a public firm
sample comparing mandatory and voluntary IFRS adopters. We further find that IFRS
is associated with an increase (decrease) in industry sales concentration (competition),
consistent with large public firms increasing market share. In supplemental analyses,
we find that mandatory adopters issue more equity and debt after IFRS adoption
and that larger market share gains accrue to those mandatory IFRS adopters that
issue more equity and debt after IFRS adoption. Overall, we provide evidence of
unintended product market consequences of IFRS adoption.
author:
- first_name: Jimmy F
full_name: Downes, Jimmy F
last_name: Downes
- first_name: Vanessa
full_name: Flagmeier, Vanessa
id: '8084'
last_name: Flagmeier
- first_name: David
full_name: Godsell, David
last_name: Godsell
citation:
ama: Downes JF, Flagmeier V, Godsell D. Product market effects of IFRS adoption.
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 2018;37(5):376-401. doi:10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004
apa: Downes, J. F., Flagmeier, V., & Godsell, D. (2018). Product market effects
of IFRS adoption. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 37(5),
376–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004
bibtex: '@article{Downes_Flagmeier_Godsell_2018, title={Product market effects of
IFRS adoption}, volume={37}, DOI={10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004},
number={5}, journal={Journal of Accounting and Public Policy}, publisher={Elsevier},
author={Downes, Jimmy F and Flagmeier, Vanessa and Godsell, David}, year={2018},
pages={376–401} }'
chicago: 'Downes, Jimmy F, Vanessa Flagmeier, and David Godsell. “Product Market
Effects of IFRS Adoption.” Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 37,
no. 5 (2018): 376–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004.'
ieee: J. F. Downes, V. Flagmeier, and D. Godsell, “Product market effects of IFRS
adoption,” Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, vol. 37, no. 5, pp.
376–401, 2018.
mla: Downes, Jimmy F., et al. “Product Market Effects of IFRS Adoption.” Journal
of Accounting and Public Policy, vol. 37, no. 5, Elsevier, 2018, pp. 376–401,
doi:10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004.
short: J.F. Downes, V. Flagmeier, D. Godsell, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
37 (2018) 376–401.
date_created: 2018-10-31T06:59:36Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:01:38Z
department:
- _id: '551'
- _id: '189'
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2018.09.004
intvolume: ' 37'
issue: '5'
jel:
- D43
- G32
- G38
keyword:
- Financial reporting regulationProduct market competition
language:
- iso: eng
page: 376-401
publication: Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
status: public
title: Product market effects of IFRS adoption
type: journal_article
user_id: '64756'
volume: 37
year: '2018'
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