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The Value Relevance of Accounting Numbers in Presence of the Equity Method Before and After IFRS 11: Evidence from France

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  • Frédéric Pourtier
  • Frédérique Bardinet-Evraert
  • Veronique Darmendrail

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This article studies the effects of IFRS 11 on the value relevance of accounting numbers (VRAN) in France. In 2014, IFRS 11 made the equity method (EM) mandatory to account for joint ventures (JVs) and disallowed proportionate consolidation, the method previously preferred by French groups. Panel method regressions are used to examine the evolution of value relevance in listed groups’ financial statements over a long period (2007–2020). Generalization of the EM reallocates the VRAN, and post-IFRS 11 EM-related numbers are significantly and negatively linked to market value, raising questions about their faithfulness. These results concern all groups using the EM, whatever method they previously used for JVs. This study also looks at the standard-setters’ proposed integral/non-integral classification of net income from JVs and associates, which is found to be non-value relevant. These results have implications at standard-setting level for improving the quality of financial reporting, and for investors.

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  • Frédéric Pourtier & Frédérique Bardinet-Evraert & Veronique Darmendrail, 2023. "The Value Relevance of Accounting Numbers in Presence of the Equity Method Before and After IFRS 11: Evidence from France," Accounting in Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 194-224, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acceur:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:194-224
    DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2023.2192235
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