Does IFRS Adoption Increase the Accuracy of Chinese Analysts' Forecasts?. Issue 5 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ding, Fangfei; Luo, Wenting; Hao, Xiaolin; Zhang, Lei
• Is Part Of: Emerging markets finance & trade. Volume 53:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 1107
• Page End: 1121
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: Accuracy of analysts' forecasts -- fair value measurement -- IFRS adoption; M41 -- G14; Balkan Peninsula -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Balkan Peninsula -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Asia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Asia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; 382.05
• DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2016.1276826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-496X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on the accuracy of Chinese analysts' earnings forecasts. We find that after IFRS adoption, the accuracy of Chinese analysts' forecasts decreases rather than increasing as they do in developed countries documented by the extant literature. Further investigation finds that this decrease is associated with a fair value measurement of financial assets held for trading. Our finding provides empirical evidence supporting the argument that the effectiveness of IFRS adoption could be negative in a developing country depending on its setting and fair value measurement brought about by IFRS could contribute to the negative effect in this setting.