Academic research is an important tool for standard setters and policy-makers as it can inform the
debate and the decision-making process on financial reporting issues. The purpose of this research is
therefore to investigate whether separate financial statements are useful to capital market investors and
whether IFRS are more value-relevant than domestic GAAP. These are key issues both for EFRAG’s
proactive project and for those policy makers who might be interested in evaluating the adoption of
IFRS for separate financial statements.