A single set of high quality, globally accepted accounting standards is needed to support the growing globalization of markets. According to Deloitte and Touche, as of the end of 2010, 123 of the world’s 154 juris-dictions where stock markets exist either permit or require domestic listed companies to report according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Furthermore, 95 of the world’s total of 173 jurisdictions either permit or require unlisted companies to report according to IFRS. A large body of academic studies has been devoted to examine the benefits of IFRS adoption for accounting quality in terms of conservatism, earnings management, value-relevance, market reaction, Tobin’s Q, analyst forecast accuracy and foreign investments. Although the results of these studies are mixed, many researchers find the effects of IFRS adoption to be mainly positive