A web of intercorrelations: culture, financial reporting and social output

In the context of a growing literature on the connection between cultural variables and accounting regulations, the general objective of the paper is to provide a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the recent trends in financial reporting and on their impact on the dynamics of the social output. Thus, the specific objectives are: 1) to provide an operational definition of culture; 2) to advance a model of the interactions between culture, design of accounting regulations and the economic growth; 3) to test some of these interactions at the European based on an empirical pool data model. The dependent variable are: a dummy aiming to capture the specificity of the IFRSs endorsement in EU; the average real GDP rates of growth; and the explanatory variables which are represented by the cultural descriptors derived from World Values Survey questions. The main results of the paper consist in the following theses: the culture is relevant for the national characteristics of IFRSs implementation in European Union; and the accounting framework matters for the outcomes of social decisions.Accounting harmonization, culture, financial reporting, social output, world values survey, IFRSs

The pattern of Euronext volatility in the crisis period: an intrinsic volatility analysis

The pathology of the financial instability is inter alia characterized by structural changes in the market prices’ volatility. Such changes are the expression of investor’s uncertainty in regard to the market’s dynamics and lead to systematic anticipation errors. The objective of this paper is to study the modifications in the most significant European index -EURONEXT, in the aftermath of financial crisis. The methodology consists in the estimation of the so called intrinsic volatility in index daily data, during pre and current crisis period. Also, it is a study on the structural changes in this volatility based on Quandt-Andrews Break point test. The main output consists in the thesis that for the financial crisis’ period there are specific rapid adjustments in short run anticipations and the appearance of global picks in market dynamicscrisis volatility prices structural changes

Effects of financial and non-financial information disclosure on prices’ mechanisms for emergent markets: The case of Romanian Bucharest Stock Exchange

The issuance of the European Union Regulation (EC) 1606/2002 and the 2007 adoption of the Markets and Financial Instruments Directive in Romania determined us to sett the goal of the present study at investigating the impact of public information disclosure on market values in the case of the Romanian companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange. Our focus is mainly on comparing the value relevance of Internet disclosed information provided by annual and interim financial reports and other non-financial news in the decision making process of investors. Consistent with the literature, we anticipate a positive and significant incremental relevance of such information items, even if an important non-uniformity of prices’ adjustments can be expected. In order to have a benchmark for our results, we compare these with the ones specific to a more developed market, the Madrid Stock Exchange. Empirical tests support our research hypothesis according to which there will be a relative incremental value of a higher volume and a better quality of information, reflecting prices’ overreactions even in the case of a market with imperfect trading mechanisms.KEY WORDS Disclosure, Valuation, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Madrid Stock Exchange

National legislative systems and foreign standards and regulations: The case of International Financial Reporting Standards adoption

This study is focused on the linkages between the legislative families as descriptors of national legislative systems and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). We consider such analysis as a case study for the more general issue of explaining the preferences of national regulators in the adoption of foreign norms, rules, standards and practices. By using a dataset of 162 jurisdictions and dummy variables designed to capture the current stage of IFRSs adoption and, respectively, the taxonomy of their legislative systems, we find that a full IFRSs adoption is more likely to occur in countries which have principles-based on legislative mono-systems. In addition, we observe that a strong rule of law, with an effective mechanism of property rights reinforcement, as well as the pre-adoption existence of a pro-growth set of public policies can contribute to the encouragement of IFRSs adoption.IFRSs adoption• Legislative families

IMIGRACIJA I TRGOVINA

This paper investigates the relationship between intra-industry trade (IIT), horizontal IIT, vertical IIT (VIIT) and immigration flows using a gravity model for the period 1995-2008 amongst Portugal and European Union’s Member States (EU-27). Using a panel data approach, the results show a positive correlation between immigration and IIT. These outcomes indicate that the immigration can reduce transaction costs between home and host country. We also consider the economic dimension which appears to exercise a positive effect on trade. Our research confirms the hypothesis that there is a negative effect of transportation costs on trade.Rad istražuje odnos između intraindustrijske trgovine (IIT), horizontalne IIT, vertikalne IIT (VIIT) i imigracijskih tokova koristeći gravitacijski model za period od 1995. do 2008. u Portugalu i zemljama članicama EU (EU-27). Koristeći pristup panelnih podataka, rezultati pokazuju pozitivnu korelaciju između imigracije i IIT. Takvi rezultati upućuju na to da imigracija može umanjiti transakcijske troškove između zemlje porijekla i zemlje domaćina. Također smo razmotrili ekonomsku dimenziju koja izgleda da ima pozitivan učinak na trgovinu. Naše istraživanje potvrđuje hipotezu da troškovi prijevoza imaju negativan učinak na trgovinu

A discussion on new cultural and accounting variables and IFRSs’ implementation[:] Empirical study on a sample of Central and Eastern European countries.

In the context of a growing literature addressing the connection between cultural variables and accounting regulations, the general objective of this paper is to provide a theoretical discussion and empirical evidence on the recent trends in financial reporting on a sample of CEE countries. Thus, the specific objectives of the paper are: 1) to provide an operational definition of culture; 2) to advance a set of cultural variables that we consider relevant for the interactions between culture and the implementation of accounting regulations; (3) to “translate” these variables into a set of specific accounting variables built from a “functional” perspective; 4) to test four hypotheses based on the empirical pool data. The dependent variable is a dummy aiming to capture the specificity of IFRSs’ endorsement for unlisted entities in CEE countries and the explanatory variables are our own accounting variables based on a set of cultural ones derived from World Values Survey’s questions. The main output of the paper consists in the thesis that the culture in general and the specific accounting values in particular are relevant for the national characteristics of IFRSs’ implementation in the sample countries

A discussion on new cultural and accounting variables and IFRSs’ implementation[:] Empirical study on a sample of Central and Eastern European countries.

In the context of a growing literature addressing the connection between cultural variables and accounting regulations, the general objective of this paper is to provide a theoretical discussion and empirical evidence on the recent trends in financial reporting on a sample of CEE countries. Thus, the specific objectives of the paper are: 1) to provide an operational definition of culture; 2) to advance a set of cultural variables that we consider relevant for the interactions between culture and the implementation of accounting regulations; (3) to “translate” these variables into a set of specific accounting variables built from a “functional” perspective; 4) to test four hypotheses based on the empirical pool data. The dependent variable is a dummy aiming to capture the specificity of IFRSs’ endorsement for unlisted entities in CEE countries and the explanatory variables are our own accounting variables based on a set of cultural ones derived from World Values Survey’s questions. The main output of the paper consists in the thesis that the culture in general and the specific accounting values in particular are relevant for the national characteristics of IFRSs’ implementation in the sample countries

Urbanization and democracy in the framework of modernization theory:recent empirical evidences

The goal of this study is to provide empirical evidence for existence of positive relationship between urbanization and democracy. We involve a dataset of 56 developing countries covering a time span between 1982 and 2007. The research hypothesis is that developing countries tend to be more democratic at higher levels of urbanization. We test this hypothesis within GMM methodological framework and find some evidences

IFRSs for financial instruments, quality of information and capital market’s volatility: an empirical assessment for Eurozone

This study examines the Eurozone stock markets’ reaction to a number of events associated with the post-implementation amendments of the IFRSs regarding financial instruments (IFRS 7, IFRS 9, IAS 32 and IAS 39). The adoption of these IFRSs is probably one of the most important recent changes in financial information environment. However, in order to contribute to an increase in financial stability, it is necessary to ensure an ex post stability of the regulatory framework. Based on this meta-argument, we have analyzed the inter-linkages between the episodes of higher market volatility and the amendments to the mentioned IFRSs, inside a binary dependent variable model. Overall, our findings suggest that the adoption of the IFRS can lead to a stabilization of European financial markets but this result is not necessary a robust one since investors prefer a higher stability on standards’ contents and application conditions

A web of intercorrelations: culture, financial reporting and social output

In the context of a growing literature on the connection between cultural variables and accounting regulations, the general objective of the paper is to provide a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the recent trends in financial reporting and on their impact on the dynamics of the social output. Thus, the specific objectives are: 1) to provide an operational definition of culture; 2) to advance a model of the interactions between culture, design of accounting regulations and the economic growth; 3) to test some of these interactions at the European based on an empirical pool data model. The dependent variable are: a dummy aiming to capture the specificity of the IFRSs endorsement in EU; the average real GDP rates of growth; and the explanatory variables which are represented by the cultural descriptors derived from World Values Survey questions. The main results of the paper consist in the following theses: the culture is relevant for the national characteristics of IFRSs implementation in European Union; and the accounting framework matters for the outcomes of social decisions