This study extends Nobes (2008) research by examining a classification
of EU and EEA member countries based on eight IFRS implementation
choices. Such classification is likely to capture a given country's
disposition towards IFRS more reliably than the examination of one individual
election only. Moreover, I examine the linking of earlier classifications
of accounting regimes to IFRS implementation choices more
comprehensively by assessing three frequently used accounting classifications.
In addition to the Nobes (1998, 2008) taxonomy of strong and
weak equity countries, this paper also examines the classification of
accounting systems into macro-uniform and micro-based systems
(Doupnik & Salter, 1993; Nobes, 1983), and the three-cluster categorization
put forward by Leuz et al. (2003) and Leuz (2010).