[{"keyword":["IFRS","debt markets","credit ratings","credit relevance"],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"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","title":"Are international accounting standards more credit relevant than domestic standards?","issue":"1","year":"2016","_id":"4034","user_id":"54068","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"type":"journal_article","status":"public","date_updated":"2023-01-18T13:41:47Z","author":[{"first_name":"Annita","full_name":"Florou, Annita","last_name":"Florou"},{"id":"54068","full_name":"Kosi, Urska","last_name":"Kosi","first_name":"Urska"},{"full_name":"Pope, Peter F","last_name":"Pope","first_name":"Peter F"}],"volume":47,"doi":"10.1080/00014788.2016.1224968","publication_status":"published","jel":["G15","G33","K20","M41","M48"],"citation":{"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>","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>.","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>.","short":"A. Florou, U. Kosi, P.F. Pope, Accounting and Business Research 47 (2016) 1–29.","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} }","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>.","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>"},"page":"1-29","intvolume":"        47"},{"date_created":"2018-08-22T07:47:41Z","title":"Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing?","issue":"4","year":"2015","keyword":["Accounting regulation","IFRS","Accounting quality","Public and private debt markets","Cost of debt"],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication":"Review of Accounting Studies","abstract":[{"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.","lang":"eng"}],"date_updated":"2023-01-24T15:32:37Z","author":[{"full_name":"Florou, Annita","last_name":"Florou","first_name":"Annita"},{"last_name":"Kosi","id":"54068","full_name":"Kosi, Urska","first_name":"Urska"}],"volume":20,"doi":"10.1007/s11142","publication_status":"published","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1573-7136"]},"citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Florou_Kosi_2015, title={Does mandatory IFRS adoption facilitate debt financing?}, volume={20}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142\">10.1007/s11142</a>}, number={4}, journal={Review of Accounting Studies}, author={Florou, Annita and Kosi, Urska}, year={2015}, pages={1407–1456} }","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\">10.1007/s11142</a>.","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\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142</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\">10.1007/s11142</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\">10.1007/s11142</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\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142</a>."},"jel":["G15","K22","M41","M48"],"page":"1407-1456","intvolume":"        20","_id":"4035","user_id":"54068","department":[{"_id":"551"},{"_id":"635"},{"_id":"186"}],"extern":"1","type":"journal_article","status":"public"}]