The problem with this hypothesis is that IFRS could be of lower quality thus, limiting
managerial discretion relating to measurements that are more reflective of the firm‟s economic
position and performance.
Closely associated with this is the question of flexibility in principle
based standards which could lead to better opportunities for a firm to manage its earnings thus,
decreasing accounting quality (Barth et al. 2007:6; Chen 2010:226).
Another argument associated with this hypothesis has been the so called label and serious adopters‟ by Daske et al.(2007:16) debate whereby, some firms, referred to as label adopters, claim that they have adopted IFRS while the degree of adoption could be nil or low and sometimes enforcement of such standards would be nonexistent.