The relationship between the adoption of international public sector accounting standards and sources of government financing: evidence from developing countries

Vincent Tawiah, Teerooven Soobaroyen*

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAccounting Forum
Early online date7 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 7 Dec 2022

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