The findings are relevant to regulators and standard setters who are engaged in various activities to promote uniform regulations and a ‘‘level playing field’’ in terms of financial reporting requirements and practices. The results show the level of support for ‘‘international’’ standards and the firm attributes that are associated with voluntary use of ‘‘international’’ standards. These issues are important as many countries consider changing from national to ‘‘international’’ standards. For European Commission (EC) and Australian regulators, who have announced that IAS will be adopted from 2005 (IASB, 2002b; FRC, 2002), the study is of interest as it illustrates the level of support for more harmonized reporting.