A Meta-analysis of IFRS adoption effects

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-217

  Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Chalmers, Keryn ^b   Khlif, Hichem ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Discretionary accruals; Economic consequences; IFRS; M41; Meta analysis and value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878186087     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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