Do International Financial Reporting Standards Influence Malaysian and Nigerian Banks Earnings Management Goals?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Onalo Ugbede ◽  
Mohd Lizam ◽  
Ahmad Kaseri
Author(s):  
Paul Femi Fashagba ◽  
Abiola Abosede Solanke

Previous studies have examined the effects of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on earnings management. However, these studies focused attention on the general implications of IFRS adoption on earnings management with no specific focus on the links between performance appraisal and earnings management in the pre and post IFRS era. The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between performance appraisal and earnings management in Pre and Post IFRS period. The dependent variable in the study is earnings management proxy by earnings per share. The independent variable is performance appraisal measured by profitability ratio, liquidity ratio, and debt ratio. Data were extracted from the records of a consumer good company in Nigeria. The multiple regression analysis was applied. Results revealed that in the pre IFRS period in Nigeria, performance appraisal had significant positive effect on earnings management, while it had significant negative effect in the post IFRS period. It is important that company’s management adhere strictly to the provisions of the IFRS guidelines. KEYWORDS: IFRS, earnings management, profitability, liquidity, debt


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 281-292
Author(s):  
Ooi Chee Keong ◽  
Shafi Mohamad ◽  
Syed Ehsanullah

We have attempted to investigate the impact of adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on real earnings management (REM) in this study, along with a thorough examination to determine the relationship between IFRS and REM. The study is primarily based on 178 listed firms from different industrial sectors in Malaysia, wherein IFRS had finally been implemented in 2008. For more adequate estimations and requisite results, we have included data of eight years i.e., 4 years before the implementation of IFRS and 4 years after its implementation, in our sample. Our results showed positive association between IFRS and REM, accordingly, precisely suggesting that after the implementation of IFRS, these firms were found to be engaged more in less detectable REM, and also exhibiting quite a poor financial reporting quality apparently below international standards.


Author(s):  
Erick Rading Outa

AbstractThis study seeks to establish if the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Kenya has been associated with higher accounting quality for listed companies. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), in its objectives and preamble, supposes that the beneficial effects from IFRS adoption include transparency, accounting quality and reduced cost of capital. Based on these assumptions, this study applied accounting quality measures; earnings management, timely loss recognition and value relevance to find out whether the adoption of IFRS has led to improvements in accounting quality in companies listed in Kenya. The methodology is based on prior literature definition of metrics of accounting quality mainly earnings management, timely loss recognition and value relevance. The study differs from the previous ones by overcoming difficulties in controlling for confounding factors faced in previous studies which could have led to less reliable results. Three out of the eight metrics indicated that quality had marginally improved while five indicated that it had marginally declined. These mixed outcomes are very much in line with findings in other studies and the study contributes to the debate by explaining why accounting quality outcomes are still not consistent with IFRS promises in spite of improved test conditions. Key words: IFRS; IAS; accounting quality; earnings management; timely loss recognition;


AKUNTABILITAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Media Kusumawardani

This paper addresses the question whether International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is associated with lower earnings management.  The objective of this study is to examine the effect of IFRS convergence on the earnings management of Indonesian  firms by using audit quality as moderating variable. The research also includes several control variables (size, leverage, operating cash flow). The research objects were the manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010-2013. The method of data collection is random sampling method and resulted 312 firms observation. Type of data are secondary data in the form of financial statement as the media manufacturing companies. The data were analyzed by using multiple regression analysis with Eviews8. In this research, the IFRS convergence is found not to have significant effect on earnings management and  the IFRS convergence with audit quality as moderating variable is found not to have significant effect on earnings management. The other result indicates that among the three control variables, size leverage and operating cash flow indicate the negative effect on earnings management. This research indicate that mandatory adopters of IFRS in Indonesia cannot be associated with lower earnings management.


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