[{"jel":["M41","C23","L21","P20"],"status":"public","volume":14,"user_id":"54068","_id":"3542","page":"358-387","citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Valentincic_Novak_Kosi_2017, title={Accounting quality in private firms during the transition towards international standards}, volume={14}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>}, number={3}, journal={Accounting in Europe}, author={Valentincic, Aljosa and Novak, Ales and Kosi, Urska}, year={2017}, pages={358–387} }","ama":"Valentincic A, Novak A, Kosi U. Accounting quality in private firms during the transition towards international standards. <i>Accounting in Europe</i>. 2017;14(3):358-387. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>","mla":"Valentincic, Aljosa, et al. “Accounting Quality in Private Firms during the Transition towards International Standards.” <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, vol. 14, no. 3, 2017, pp. 358–87, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>.","chicago":"Valentincic, Aljosa, Ales Novak, and Urska Kosi. “Accounting Quality in Private Firms during the Transition towards International Standards.” <i>Accounting in Europe</i> 14, no. 3 (2017): 358–87. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>.","short":"A. Valentincic, A. Novak, U. Kosi, Accounting in Europe 14 (2017) 358–387.","ieee":"A. Valentincic, A. Novak, and U. Kosi, “Accounting quality in private firms during the transition towards international standards,” <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 358–387, 2017, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>.","apa":"Valentincic, A., Novak, A., &#38; Kosi, U. (2017). Accounting quality in private firms during the transition towards international standards. <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, <i>14</i>(3), 358–387. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821\">https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821</a>"},"intvolume":"        14","date_updated":"2023-01-24T15:34:31Z","publication_status":"published","author":[{"full_name":"Valentincic, Aljosa","first_name":"Aljosa","last_name":"Valentincic"},{"full_name":"Novak, Ales","last_name":"Novak","first_name":"Ales"},{"id":"54068","full_name":"Kosi, Urska","last_name":"Kosi","first_name":"Urska"}],"year":"2017","title":"Accounting quality in private firms during the transition towards international standards","doi":"10.1080/17449480.2017.1378821","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We study the historical development of Slovenian Accounting Standards (SAS) and their association with accounting quality (AQ). We focus on private firms where the financial reporting process is characterised by low demand for high-quality reporting. We investigate three distinct editions of SAS since 1994 and test how their development towards international standards is related to AQ. Aggregate earnings management measures indicate that the use of accounting discretion decreases with less earnings smoothing over time. The main features of AQ have been consistent throughout historical development. Asymmetric timeliness of earnings, the ability of earnings to predict future cash flows, and the ability of accruals to mitigate mismatching are all present throughout. We also document typical departures from properties of high AQ. For example, accruals do not (always) facilitate timely recognition of losses. However, these can be attributed to the overwhelming influence of reporting incentives (e.g. taxation, debt, size) rather than to the (lower) quality of accounting standards.\r\n\r\n\r\n     \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Full Article  \r\n  Figures & data  \r\n References \r\n  Citations  \r\n \r\n Metrics \r\n  Reprints & Permissions \r\n  PDF \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbstract\r\n\r\n\r\nWe study the historical development of Slovenian Accounting Standards (SAS) and their association with accounting quality (AQ). We focus on private firms where the financial reporting process is characterised by low demand for high-quality reporting. We investigate three distinct editions of SAS since 1994 and test how their development towards international standards is related to AQ. Aggregate earnings management measures indicate that the use of accounting discretion decreases with less earnings smoothing over time. The main features of AQ have been consistent throughout historical development. Asymmetric timeliness of earnings, the ability of earnings to predict future cash flows, and the ability of accruals to mitigate mismatching are all present throughout. We also document typical departures from properties of high AQ. For example, accruals do not (always) facilitate timely recognition of losses. However, these can be attributed to the overwhelming influence of reporting incentives (e.g. taxation, debt, size) rather than to the (lower) quality of accounting standards."}],"publication":"Accounting in Europe","issue":"3","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"keyword":["private firms","accounting quality","development of accounting standards","IFRS-like standards","Slovenia"],"type":"journal_article","date_created":"2018-07-11T08:57:03Z"},{"author":[{"last_name":"Florou","first_name":"Annita","full_name":"Florou, Annita"},{"last_name":"Kosi","first_name":"Urska","full_name":"Kosi, Urska","id":"54068"},{"last_name":"Pope","first_name":"Peter F","full_name":"Pope, Peter F"}],"year":"2016","title":"Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards?","intvolume":"        47","date_updated":"2023-01-18T13:41:47Z","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968","issue":"1","publication":"Accounting and Business Research","abstract":[{"text":"We examine whether the credit relevance of financial statements, defined as the ability of accounting numbers to explain credit ratings, is higher after firms are required to report under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We find an improvement in credit relevance for firms in 17 countries after mandatory IFRS reporting is introduced in 2005; this increase is higher than that reported for a matched sample of US firms. The increase in credit relevance is particularly pronounced for higher risk speculative-grade issuers, where accounting information is predicted to be more important; and for IFRS adopters with large first-time reconciliations, where the impact of IFRS is expected to be greater. These tests provide reassurance that the overall enhancement in estimated credit relevance is driven by accounting changes related to IFRS adoption. Our results suggest that credit rating analysts’ views of economic fundamentals are more closely aligned with IFRS numbers, and that analysts anticipate at least some of the effects of the IFRS transition.","lang":"eng"}],"date_created":"2018-08-22T07:16:25Z","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"keyword":["IFRS","debt markets","credit ratings","credit relevance"],"type":"journal_article","jel":["G15","G33","K20","M41","M48"],"status":"public","_id":"4034","page":"1-29","volume":47,"user_id":"54068","citation":{"mla":"Florou, Annita, et al. “Are International Accounting Standards More Credit Relevant than Domestic Standards?” <i>Accounting and Business Research</i>, vol. 47, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1–29, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>.","bibtex":"@article{Florou_Kosi_Pope_2016, title={Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards?}, volume={47}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>}, number={1}, journal={Accounting and Business Research}, author={Florou, Annita and Kosi, Urska and Pope, Peter F}, year={2016}, pages={1–29} }","ama":"Florou A, Kosi U, Pope PF. Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards? <i>Accounting and Business Research</i>. 2016;47(1):1-29. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>","ieee":"A. Florou, U. Kosi, and P. F. Pope, “Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards?,” <i>Accounting and Business Research</i>, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 1–29, 2016, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>.","apa":"Florou, A., Kosi, U., &#38; Pope, P. F. (2016). Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards? <i>Accounting and Business Research</i>, <i>47</i>(1), 1–29. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>","chicago":"Florou, Annita, Urska Kosi, and Peter F Pope. “Are International Accounting Standards More Credit Relevant than Domestic Standards?” <i>Accounting and Business Research</i> 47, no. 1 (2016): 1–29. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968\">https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968</a>.","short":"A. Florou, U. Kosi, P.F. Pope, Accounting and Business Research 47 (2016) 1–29."}},{"date_updated":"2026-06-15T09:39:29Z","publication_status":"published","intvolume":"        20","year":"2015","title":"Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing?","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1573-7136"]},"author":[{"full_name":"Florou, Annita","last_name":"Florou","first_name":"Annita"},{"id":"54068","orcid":"0009-0009-2545-5929","first_name":"Urska","last_name":"Kosi","full_name":"Kosi, Urska"}],"doi":"10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We examine whether the mandated introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is associated with the propensity to access the public rather than private debt market and the cost of debt. We use a global sample of public bonds and private loans and find that mandatory IFRS adopters are more likely, post-IFRS, to issue bonds than to borrow privately. We also find that mandatory IFRS adopters pay lower bond yield spreads, but not lower loan spreads, after the mandate. These findings are consistent with debt providers responding positively to financial reporting of higher quality and comparability, but only when there is a greater reliance on publicly available financial statements than private communication. Lastly, we document that the observed debt market benefits are concentrated in countries with larger differences between domestic GAAP and IFRS and are present even for EU countries that did not experience concurrent financial reporting enforcement or other institutional reforms. Overall, our study documents positive economic consequences around the mandated IFRS adoption for corporate debt financing and, in particular, for bond financing."}],"extern":"1","issue":"4","publication":"Review of Accounting Studies","keyword":["Accounting regulation","IFRS","Accounting quality","Public and private debt markets","Cost of debt"],"type":"journal_article","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"date_created":"2018-08-22T07:47:41Z","status":"public","jel":["G15","K22","M41","M48"],"user_id":"54068","volume":20,"page":"1407-1456","_id":"4035","citation":{"apa":"Florou, A., &#38; Kosi, U. (2015). Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing? <i>Review of Accounting Studies</i>, <i>20</i>(4), 1407–1456. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>","ieee":"A. Florou and U. Kosi, “Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing?,” <i>Review of Accounting Studies</i>, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1407–1456, 2015, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>.","chicago":"Florou, Annita, and Urska Kosi. “Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Facilitate Debt Financing?” <i>Review of Accounting Studies</i> 20, no. 4 (2015): 1407–56. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>.","short":"A. Florou, U. Kosi, Review of Accounting Studies 20 (2015) 1407–1456.","mla":"Florou, Annita, and Urska Kosi. “Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Facilitate Debt Financing?” <i>Review of Accounting Studies</i>, vol. 20, no. 4, 2015, pp. 1407–56, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>.","ama":"Florou A, Kosi U. Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing? <i>Review of Accounting Studies</i>. 2015;20(4):1407-1456. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>","bibtex":"@article{Florou_Kosi_2015, title={Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing?}, volume={20}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z\">10.1007/s11142-015-9325-z</a>}, number={4}, journal={Review of Accounting Studies}, author={Florou, Annita and Kosi, Urska}, year={2015}, pages={1407–1456} }"}},{"publication":"Accounting in Europe","issue":"1","abstract":[{"text":"This study examines the determinants of financial firms' lobbying behaviour in the replacement process of International Financial Reporting Standard 4 (IFRS 4) Insurance Contracts. Based on comment letters in response to International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) Exposure Draft 2010/8, we investigate firms' lobbying decisions and their long-term lobbying intensity. Using an international sample of publicly listed financial firms, we show that insurance companies and financially constrained IFRS firms are more likely to lobby the IASB. We also examine the long-term lobbying activity in the IFRS 4 replacement process during the years 2007–2010. We find that insurance companies and firms with dispersed ownership lobby more. Our results are stronger for IFRS firms compared to US generally accepted accounting principles users. Overall, we document intense lobbying by financial firms and present results that are largely consistent with economic consequences of anticipated accounting changes being the main driver of firms' lobbying behaviour. These results are in line with prior findings for non-financial firms.","lang":"eng"}],"extern":"1","date_created":"2018-08-22T07:55:49Z","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"keyword":["standard setting","IASB","corporate lobbying","financial firms","IFRS 4"],"type":"journal_article","author":[{"id":"54068","full_name":"Kosi, Urska","first_name":"Urska","last_name":"Kosi"},{"full_name":"Reither, Antonia","first_name":"Antonia","last_name":"Reither"}],"title":"Determinants of corporate participation in the IFRS 4 (insurance contracts) replacement process","year":"2014","intvolume":"        11","date_updated":"2023-01-24T15:33:00Z","publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1080/17449480.2014.897459","citation":{"apa":"Kosi, U., &#38; Reither, A. (2014). Determinants of corporate participation in the IFRS 4 (insurance contracts) replacement process. <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, <i>11</i>(1), 89–112. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>","ieee":"U. Kosi and A. Reither, “Determinants of corporate participation in the IFRS 4 (insurance contracts) replacement process,” <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 89–112, 2014, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>.","chicago":"Kosi, Urska, and Antonia Reither. “Determinants of Corporate Participation in the IFRS 4 (Insurance Contracts) Replacement Process.” <i>Accounting in Europe</i> 11, no. 1 (2014): 89–112. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>.","short":"U. Kosi, A. Reither, Accounting in Europe 11 (2014) 89–112.","mla":"Kosi, Urska, and Antonia Reither. “Determinants of Corporate Participation in the IFRS 4 (Insurance Contracts) Replacement Process.” <i>Accounting in Europe</i>, vol. 11, no. 1, 2014, pp. 89–112, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>.","ama":"Kosi U, Reither A. Determinants of corporate participation in the IFRS 4 (insurance contracts) replacement process. <i>Accounting in Europe</i>. 2014;11(1):89-112. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>","bibtex":"@article{Kosi_Reither_2014, title={Determinants of corporate participation in the IFRS 4 (insurance contracts) replacement process}, volume={11}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2014.897459\">10.1080/17449480.2014.897459</a>}, number={1}, journal={Accounting in Europe}, author={Kosi, Urska and Reither, Antonia}, year={2014}, pages={89–112} }"},"jel":["D72","M41","M48"],"status":"public","_id":"4037","page":"89-112","volume":11,"user_id":"54068"}]