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Role of Country-Level Characteristics in Segment Reporting: EU Evidence
Based on a country-level-characteristics framework, we empirically tested the impact of IFRS 8 adoption, the country’s legal system and level of legal enforcement, investor protection, conservatism, and closeness between national GAAP and IFRS on both the quantity and quality of segment reporting. Using a sample of companies from 15 EU countries covering four years (two years preadoption and two years postadoption of IFRS 8), we found that the adoption of IFRS 8 is associated with a decrease in the quantity and an increase in the quality of segment reporting. Moreover, we report that a common-law system, the country-level legal enforcement, and investor protection have a significant and positive impact on the quantity and quality of segment reporting. Meanwhile, country-level conservatism and closeness between national GAAP and IFRS are negatively related to the quantity and quality of segment reporting. In addition to firm-level characteristics, this study extends the prior limited literature by documenting the importance of country-level characteristics as factors that enhance segment reporting practices in Europe. We also discuss the research contributions and implications for research, professional practice, and policymakers.
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The aim of The International Journal of Accounting is to advance the academic and professional understanding of accounting theory, policies and practice from the international perspective and viewpoint. The Journal editorial recognizes that international accounting is influenced by a variety of forces, e.g., governmental, political and economic. Thus, the primary criterion for manuscript evaluation is the incremental contribution to international accounting literature and the forces that impact the field. The Journal aims at understanding the present and potential ability of accounting to aid in analyzing and interpreting international economic transactions and the economic consequences of such reporting. These transactions may be within a profit or non-profit environment. The Journal encourages a broad view of the origins and development of accounting with an emphasis on its functions in an increasingly interdependent global economy. The Journal also welcomes manuscripts that help explain current international accounting practices, with related theoretical justifications, and identify criticisms of current policies and practice. Other than occasional commissioned papers or special issues, all the manuscripts published in the Journal are selected by the editors after the normal double-blind refereeing process.