{"title":"Insights From Academic Research on IFRS 9: A Review of the Literature","authors":"Zeting Zang, Humayun Kabir, Tom Scott","doi":"10.1111/auar.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 <i>Financial Instruments</i> replaced International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 <i>Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement</i>, effective 1st January 2018. This study synthesises empirical research on IFRS 9, focused on the three phases of the standard-setting process: classification and measurement, impairment and hedge accounting. The analysis is guided by accounting choice theory and international accounting literature. The impairment requirements received the most attention in the literature, followed by classification and measurement, and hedge accounting. The review of evidence indicates that firms generally apply the classification and measurement requirements consistent with IFRS 9. It also suggests that impairment losses under IFRS 9 are timelier, are less procyclical and are relevant to stock pricing and future bank risks. In line with accounting choice theory and international accounting literature, the evidence implies that management incentives and institutional contexts influence the effects of IFRS 9, particularly on impairment losses. Finally, the paper highlights gaps in the existing literature and suggests areas for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 2","pages":"115-129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/auar.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judicial Efficiency, Contract Enforcement, and Supply Chain Resilience: Evidence From a Natural Policy Experiment","authors":"Qinwei Chi, Baichen Yang, Zhenkun Zhang","doi":"10.1111/auar.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Intensifying geopolitical frictions and policy uncertainty have heightened firms’ exposure to supply chain disruptions, with material consequences for financial reporting and working-capital outcomes. We examine whether judicial efficiency—an institutional determinant of contract enforceability—strengthens supply chain resilience. Exploiting a large-scale court reform pilot that exogenously improved civil trial efficiency across pilot and nonpilot cities, we implement a difference-in-differences design using Chinese listed firms from 2015 to 2021. We find that improved judicial efficiency significantly increases firms’ supply chain resilience measured from accounting-based indicators. Mechanism evidence suggests that the reform (i) accelerates civil case resolution, (ii) induces firms to reallocate sales and procurement toward partners located in more efficient jurisdictions, and (iii) improves supply chain cost allocation consistent with enhanced coordination and recovery capacity. The effect is stronger for firms that heavily rely on relational contracting, are exposed to greater economic policy uncertainty, and are located in regions with low marketization. Our findings highlight how the institutional quality of contract enforcement shapes supply-chain governance and accounting-relevant outcomes, with implications for managers and policymakers seeking to enhance resilience beyond physical capacity investments.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 2","pages":"170-190"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Reporting to Results: Applying Portfolio Regression for Green Revenue Reporting and Biodiversity Impact Reduction Strategies on the Cost of Capital","authors":"Post Raj Pokharel","doi":"10.1111/auar.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the effect of a nature-based corporate strategy consisting of green revenue reporting and biodiversity impact reduction on the corporate cost of capital of S&P 1500 firms. Applying a portfolio-level regression approach for 10 890 firm-year observations from 2015 to 2024, the study reveals that firms adopting biodiversity impact reduction alone have the lowest cost of capital. In contrast, green revenue reporting only firms face a higher capital cost. The study also documents that firms adopting both strategies achieve intermediate benefits, highlighting credibility gains when disclosure complements impact reduction. A cross-sectional analysis reveals that the effects are more potent in high-impact biodiversity industries. The difference-in-differences, dynamic event-time analysis, and governance interactions further strengthen the robustness and validation of the results.</p>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 2","pages":"130-149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/auar.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Mandated Board Gender Diversity on Earnings Management: Evidence From California Senate Bill 826","authors":"Jiayu Sun, Xudong Tang, Han Bao, Pengdong Zhang","doi":"10.1111/auar.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Prior research on board gender diversity and earnings management yields mixed findings due to endogeneity concerns and institutional differences. This study exploits California's Senate Bill 826, the first mandatory board gender quota in the United States, as a regulatory shock to examine whether mandated board gender diversity is associated with accrual-based earnings management. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that firms subject to a binding SB 826 requirement increased female board representation and subsequently exhibited lower absolute discretionary accruals across three accrual models. The estimated reductions range from 21.0% to 24.2% of the sample mean. Cross-sectional tests reveal stronger effects in firms with weaker prior governance and when new female directors have financial expertise. The study provides U.S.-based quasi-experimental evidence on reporting outcomes associated with mandated board gender diversity.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 2","pages":"150-169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Top Management Team Education Experience Heterogeneity and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from China","authors":"Rongli Yuan, Wanshan Li, Shengjie Xia","doi":"10.1111/auar.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the impact of top management team (TMT) education experience heterogeneity on corporate innovation. Using a dataset of Chinese listed companies during 2008–2017, we find robust evidence of a positive relationship between TMT education experience heterogeneity and corporate innovation. Our findings remain consistent across various robustness checks, including a firm fixed effects model, extended test windows of corporate innovation, controlling for potentially omitted variables, excluding firms in first-tier cities, instrumental variable estimations and analysis of an exogenous shock. The positive effect is more pronounced for firms with higher managerial remuneration and those deemed more socially important. Further analysis reveals that enhanced risk-taking and improved social relationships are the two channels through which TMT education experience heterogeneity promotes corporate innovation. Our study contributes new insights into the effects of TMT education experience heterogeneity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 1","pages":"90-107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148096087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonfundamental-Driven Price Shocks and Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure","authors":"Hu Wang, Hong Shen, Yuanqiang Lian, Shangyan Bao","doi":"10.1111/auar.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Institutional investors are pivotal in driving corporate climate risk disclosure (CRD). We investigate the association between nonfundamental-driven price shocks and corporate CRD. Our findings indicate that firms increase CRD when faced with nonfundamental-driven price increases, motivated by the need to meet investors' demands for climate risk information. Conversely, during stock price declines, firms reduce CRD to lower the adverse effects of negative climate risk information. This asymmetric response suggests that managers strategically disclose climate risk information, increasing such disclosures during price increases to capitalize on market optimism while reducing them during price declines to mitigate the intensification of market pessimism. The changes in shareholdings of managers can enhance the alignment between managers' interests and stock price movements, thereby encouraging managers to disclose climate risks during periods of stock price increases. Nonfundamental-driven price increases lead institutional investors to increase their holdings, thereby strengthening their role in promoting firm CRD. Our study offers novel insights into how institutional investor trading activities influence firm CRD and enhances our comprehension of how institutional investors affect firms' voluntary disclosure of nonfinancial information.</p>\u0000 <p><b>JEL Classification</b>: G12, G23, G32</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51552,"journal":{"name":"Australian Accounting Review","volume":"36 1","pages":"26-51"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148068603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}