IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework

Research aim: The purpose of this study is to provide a conceptual model that guides in examining the capital market effects of IFRS adoption from the perspective of investors’ trading patterns, particularly those behaviors that tend to defy the validity of EMH, in this context; herding behavior....

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Main Authors: Mohammed Lawal Danrimi, Mazni Abdullah, Ervina Alfan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2018-08-01
Series:Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives
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Online Access:https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/13416
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description Research aim: The purpose of this study is to provide a conceptual model that guides in examining the capital market effects of IFRS adoption from the perspective of investors’ trading patterns, particularly those behaviors that tend to defy the validity of EMH, in this context; herding behavior. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: The study is conceptual in nature. It relies on a review of the prior academic literature on economic and informational consequences of IFRS adoption published in prominent academic journals. Research findings: The study finds that despite an enormous amount of research thus far, in this area, substantive empirical evidence on economic and informational consequences of IFRS adoption appears to be far from reach. So far, many questions surrounding the capital market effect of IFRS adoption are yet to be fully resolved. More specifically, it is noted that one of the relatively under-researched areas in the current literature is the nexus between IFRS and investors’ trading behaviors. Theoretical contribution/ Originality: To the researchers’ knowledge, this study is first to explicitly explore the nexus between IFRS and investors’ herding practices, while highlighting the role of the national economic culture. Practitioner/ Policy implication: The results of this study are expected to be of interest to academics, regulators, and policymakers in performing a cost-benefit analysis of this planetary set of reporting benchmark, and to the investing public and other market participants who trade based on market fundamentals, treating them as principal indicators for future market movements. Research limitation/ Implication: The study suggests the use of national economic culture to moderate the effect of IFRS on investors’ trading behavior. Nonetheless, this does not imply that there are no other significant factors or even more significant than culture but based on evidence documented in the prior studies there is no support for the contention that national economic culture is inconsequential. Keyword: IFRS Adoption, Herding, National Economic Culture Type of manuscript: Conceptual paper JEL Classification: G14, G15, M41
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spelling doaj.art-26b4c2ac423e4a83b8da322c16bd82c02022-12-21T23:44:12ZengUniversiti MalayaAsian Journal of Accounting Perspectives2672-72930128-03842018-08-01111IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual FrameworkMohammed Lawal Danrimi0Mazni Abdullah1Ervina Alfan2Lecture at the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria; and PhD scholar at the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email: mldanrimi.kt@gmail.comSenior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email: mazni@um.edu.mySenior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email: ervina_alfan@um.edu.myResearch aim: The purpose of this study is to provide a conceptual model that guides in examining the capital market effects of IFRS adoption from the perspective of investors’ trading patterns, particularly those behaviors that tend to defy the validity of EMH, in this context; herding behavior. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: The study is conceptual in nature. It relies on a review of the prior academic literature on economic and informational consequences of IFRS adoption published in prominent academic journals. Research findings: The study finds that despite an enormous amount of research thus far, in this area, substantive empirical evidence on economic and informational consequences of IFRS adoption appears to be far from reach. So far, many questions surrounding the capital market effect of IFRS adoption are yet to be fully resolved. More specifically, it is noted that one of the relatively under-researched areas in the current literature is the nexus between IFRS and investors’ trading behaviors. Theoretical contribution/ Originality: To the researchers’ knowledge, this study is first to explicitly explore the nexus between IFRS and investors’ herding practices, while highlighting the role of the national economic culture. Practitioner/ Policy implication: The results of this study are expected to be of interest to academics, regulators, and policymakers in performing a cost-benefit analysis of this planetary set of reporting benchmark, and to the investing public and other market participants who trade based on market fundamentals, treating them as principal indicators for future market movements. Research limitation/ Implication: The study suggests the use of national economic culture to moderate the effect of IFRS on investors’ trading behavior. Nonetheless, this does not imply that there are no other significant factors or even more significant than culture but based on evidence documented in the prior studies there is no support for the contention that national economic culture is inconsequential. Keyword: IFRS Adoption, Herding, National Economic Culture Type of manuscript: Conceptual paper JEL Classification: G14, G15, M41https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/13416IFRS AdoptionHerdingNational Economic Culture
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Mazni Abdullah
Ervina Alfan
IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives
IFRS Adoption
Herding
National Economic Culture
title IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
title_full IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
title_fullStr IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
title_full_unstemmed IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
title_short IFRS and Investors’ Trading Pattern: A Conceptual Framework
title_sort ifrs and investors trading pattern a conceptual framework
topic IFRS Adoption
Herding
National Economic Culture
url https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/13416
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