The Impact of IFRS Adoption on Foreign Direct Investments: Insights for Emerging Countries

Camelia Lungu, Chirața Caraiani and Cornelia Dascălu

Accounting in Europe, 2017, vol. 14, issue 3, 331-357

Abstract: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption research supports the arguments of an increase in the credibility of corporate financial information. We investigate the association between IFRS adoption and foreign direct investments (FDI) inflows. The aim is to analyse several characteristics of the adoption process specific to European emerging countries. Our results indicate that the countries adopting IFRS are more likely to benefit from a higher increase in FDI inflows than the non-adopters. Additional tests reveal that the impact is driven by the adoption level related both to listed and unlisted companies. IFRS adoption by unlisted companies has a lower impact on FDI inflows, as compared to IFRS adoption by listed companies. Furthermore, difference-in-difference analysis illustrates a higher increase of FDI inflows after adopting IFRS in the case of non-European Union (EU) countries as compared to EU countries.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2017.1374546

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