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Adoption volontaire des IFRS, asymétrie d'information et fourchettes de prix : l'impact du contexte informationnel

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  • Pascal Dumontier
  • Randa Maghraoui

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The IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statement states that the main goal of financial accounting is to provide investors with numbers that can help them in their investment process. In this framework, this study is aimed at determining whether IFRS compliance leads to accounting data that are more informative than those resulting from the use of local GAAP. Using Swiss companies, we show that firms applying IFRS exhibit ceteris paribus lower bidask spreads than those using local GAAP. Since the magnitude of bid-ask spreads is expected to increase with the level of information asymmetry, this suggests that IFRS compliance improves the information content of accounting data. We also show that the impact of IFRS on bid-ask spreads decreases with firm size and with the number of analysts following the firm. Since firm size and analyst following are both proxies of the firm?s informational environment, this result suggests that IFRS compliance is more beneficial to firms with a low level of disclosures.

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  • Pascal Dumontier & Randa Maghraoui, 2006. "Adoption volontaire des IFRS, asymétrie d'information et fourchettes de prix : l'impact du contexte informationnel," ACCRA, Association francophone de comptabilité, vol. 12(2), pages 27-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:accafc:cca_122_0027
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    1. Pascale Bueno Merino & Samuel Grandval & Marc Feuilloley, 2014. "L’analyse du business model par les normes IAS-IFRS : le rôle de la ligne spécifique du compte de résultat," Post-Print hal-01899386, HAL.

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