TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between the adoption of international public sector accounting standards and sources of government financing: evidence from developing countries
AU - Tawiah, Vincent
AU - Soobaroyen, Teerooven
PY - 2022/12/7
Y1 - 2022/12/7
N2 - We examine the association between the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and the level of government financing in the context of developing countries. We draw upon signalling theory, robust econometric techniques and a sample of 54 developing countries over a 13-year period. Our results show that adopting IPSAS is significantly associated with increased financing from international sources and foreign aid. In contrast, there is no significant association for the case of domestic credit. Our results are more pronounced for developing countries that have adopted accrual-based IPSAS than for those that have adopted cash-based IPSAS. Finally, we find that the association between IPSAS and government financing remains similar regardless of the country’s level of institutional quality. Our evidence implies that there is a benefit of increased debt financing after adopting IPSAS, indicative of the incremental signal international capital providers place on the availability of IPSAS-based public sector financial reports.
AB - We examine the association between the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and the level of government financing in the context of developing countries. We draw upon signalling theory, robust econometric techniques and a sample of 54 developing countries over a 13-year period. Our results show that adopting IPSAS is significantly associated with increased financing from international sources and foreign aid. In contrast, there is no significant association for the case of domestic credit. Our results are more pronounced for developing countries that have adopted accrual-based IPSAS than for those that have adopted cash-based IPSAS. Finally, we find that the association between IPSAS and government financing remains similar regardless of the country’s level of institutional quality. Our evidence implies that there is a benefit of increased debt financing after adopting IPSAS, indicative of the incremental signal international capital providers place on the availability of IPSAS-based public sector financial reports.
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01559982.2022.2151073
U2 - 10.1080/01559982.2022.2151073
DO - 10.1080/01559982.2022.2151073
M3 - Article
SN - 0155-9982
JO - Accounting Forum
JF - Accounting Forum
ER -