The Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and Basel III Requirements: A Justification for the Role of Audits? (Jurisdictional Analyses)

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2014

Posted: 3 Jun 2014 Last revised: 14 Mar 2016

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Marianne Ojo D Delaney PhD

American Accounting Association; Centre for Innovation and Sustainable Development (CISD); Centre for Innovation and Sustainable Development (CISD)

Date Written: June 2, 2014

Abstract

As well as consolidating on the existing literature on fair value accounting, by way of reference to jurisdictional analyses which include a focus on China, Japan, Brazil, and South Africa, this paper not only highlights why there is need for a re-think of the use of fair values as the primary basis for the implementation of IFRS, but also accentuates the links between systemic risk and information asymmetries – hence the justification for greater focus on information channels as well as disclosure and financial reporting requirements.

Audits, which serve as vital signalling mechanisms in capital markets, have limited roles in many emerging economies than is the case with industrial nations. In contributing to the extant literature on the topic, this paper also aims to address the vital and crucial question relating to whether certain emerging economies are justified in their reluctance to fully embrace audits – based on cost-benefit considerations, as well as other inadequacies relating to fair value measurements. Furthermore, it will be highlighted that whilst audits may appear to have more limited roles in certain jurisdictions, there appears to be greater willingness to embrace Basel III requirements – and in particular, the Basel III leverage ratios in jurisdictions such as China.

Ultimately the paper also aims to investigate whether there are any justifications or rationales for a jurisdiction's willingness and pace to adopt IFRS, Basel III requirements, in relation to the existing role assumed by audits in such jurisdictions.

Keywords: fair value accounting, Finance Theory, information asymmetries, risk, corporate governance, ownership structures, auditor, disclosure, principal, agent, regulation, moral hazard, IFRS

Suggested Citation

Ojo D Delaney PhD, Marianne, The Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and Basel III Requirements: A Justification for the Role of Audits? (Jurisdictional Analyses) (June 2, 2014). Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2444592

Marianne Ojo D Delaney PhD (Contact Author)

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Centre for Innovation and Sustainable Development (CISD) ( email )

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