Abstract
This study investigates whether the differences in financial disclosure due to culture have diminished after the
use of IFRS. Using 498 firm-year observations for the period of 2004 to 2006 from six countries, the results
indicate that the effect of culture still prevail on the amount of disclosure even after the use of IFRS. However,
it is also noted that, the level of financial disclosure increases in all countries examined following the
adoption of IFRS. Nevertheless, findings of the study show that the use of single set of accounting standards
does not completely eliminate the impact of culture on financial disclosure.