Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/310604 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems (JAMIS) [ISSN:] 2559-6004 [Volume:] 14 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 627-654
Publisher: 
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract: 
Since the concept of professional judgment is at the core of principles-based financial reporting, the present article analyses the connection between professional autonomy (including as component professional judgment) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) adoption. Thus, we developed a methodology for estimating the IFRSs' adoption status for 44 countries and constructed an Index of Professional Autonomy based on World Value Surveys. The levels of the respective index were estimated in an Exploratory Factor Analysis framework. In order to deal with the reverse causality issues, a GMM methodological framework was adopted. The results reveal that the overall index is positive and statistical significant at 1% related to IFRSs adoption. These findings are robust even if "the implication in voluntary work for professional associations" and the "importance of the material motivation of work" are considered as control variables.
Subjects: 
professional autonomy
professional judgment
IFRSs' adoption
principles-based
ruled-based
JEL: 
M48
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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