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IFRS without an International Financial Reporting Language (IFRL): Evidence of Multiculturalism and a Lack of Global Transparency in the EU

ORCID

Yuliya Yurova0000-0003-4524-3471

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Studies in Communication Sciences

ISSN

1424-4896

Publication Date

2015

Abstract/Excerpt

Since 2005, all EU listed companies use IFRS. This paper examines 5000 EU companies from 2012 and 2013 and found that only 50% voluntarily file in English, the lingua franca or IFRL. We identified three tiers of transparency (High, Medium, Low) and found that Company Size (Equity, Revenue), Country Location (EU15, Population, GDP Rank), Language (Major Language, Number Speaking Local Language) and Trade (Ease in Doing Business, Trading Across Borders) all influenced filing in English. We also found that companies in low transparency countries (Spain, France, and Poland) had low foreign ownership and were not interested in global visibility.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scoms.2015.03.011

Volume

15

Issue

1

First Page

53

Last Page

60

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