Holger Daske, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz and Rodrigo Verdi, ‘Adopting a label: heterogeneity in the economic consequences around IAS/IFRS adoption’, referred to in Panel 5.12 in relation to the cost of equity capital, also look at liquidity effects of IFRS adoption. It will be recalled that the authors distinguish between firms that ‘adopt [IFRS] merely in name without making material changes to their reporting policies’ (’label adopters’) and firms that ‘adopt [IFRS] as part of a broader strategy to increase their commitment to transparency’ (‘serious adopters’). The paper’s focus is primarily on voluntary adopters.
The authors find that on mandatory adoption (as on voluntary adoption) serious adopters experience an increase in liquidity, whereas label adopters do not.