Earnings And Balance Sheet Conservatism In Malaysia: The Effect Of Malaysia's Convergence To International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs)

Marzuki, Marziana Madah and Abdul Wahab, Effiezal Aswadi (2016) Earnings And Balance Sheet Conservatism In Malaysia: The Effect Of Malaysia's Convergence To International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs). Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, 12 (2). pp. 1-29. ISSN 1823-4992

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on both earnings and balance sheet conservatism in Malaysia. Earnings conservatism has been used extensively in common-law countries such as the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), which are known to have good financial reporting quality. In contrast balance sheet conservatism is more evident in code-law countries such as Japan and France, where accounting practice is highly influenced by the institutional culture similar to Malaysia such as political connection and family-firms. Since Malaysia uses international accounting standards adopted from common-law countries, we hypothesise that earnings conservatism will increase whereas balance sheet conservatism will decrease after the incorporation of IFRS in the financial reporting environment. Consistent with the hypothesis, we find that earnings conservatism and balance sheet conservatism increase and decrease respectively after Malaysia's convergence to IFRS. The results indicate that Malaysia has successfully adopted IFRS from common-law countries as earning conservatism increase after IFRS convergence.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) > Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance
Depositing User: Mr Firdaus Mohamad
Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2017 01:12
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2017 01:12
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/37217

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