International Financial Reporting Standards and Earnings Quality: The Case of Listed Firms in Saudi Arabia

Sarah Chehade ()
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Sarah Chehade: Prague University of Economics and Business

Chapter Chapter 22 in Regulation of Finance and Accounting, 2022, pp 273-288 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter aims at testing empirically the impact of the IFRS adoption on the earnings quality in, one of the MENA region countries, the emerging market of Saudi Arabia. For this end, three models were developed each representing an earning quality metric: (a) earnings smoothing, (b) management earnings toward targets, and (c) timely loss recognition. After setting the descriptive statistics of the dependent and control variables, performing a Pearson correlation matrix, and estimating regression equations, results indicated that earnings smoothing was the only significant metric and that has increased after the IFRS adoption. This increase implies a decrease in earnings quality. However, our results failed to find any supporting evidence concerning the improvement of neither managing earnings toward a target nor timely loss recognition. Consequently, it can be concluded that the overall earnings quality of listed firms in Saudi Arabia was not found to have improved after the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards.

Keywords: Accounting quality; Earnings management; International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); Saudi Arabia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99873-8_22

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