The post-adoption effects of the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards in Greece

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Iatridis, George ^a   Rouvolis, Sotiris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Eurovoli AEED ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Financial statement effects; Greek GAAP; International Financial Reporting Standards; Value relevance; Voluntary IFRS disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249154517     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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