The impact of legal and voluntary investor protection on the early adoption of international financial reporting standards (IFRS)

Economist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-72

  Renders, Annelies ^a   Gaeremynck, Ann ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; IFRS adoption; Legal investor protection; Private benefits of control

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEGAL SYSTEM; STANDARD (REGULATION); VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 33947395642     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-006-9041-y     Document Type: Article

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