The study closest to proposing an accounting system classification
based on IFRS implementation choices is Sellhorn and Gornik-
Tomaszewski (2006). Sellhorn and Gornik-Tomaszewski provide succinct
qualitative information on EU and EEA member states' implementation
choices under the IAS Regulation. They propose that EU member
states that exhibit an identical exercise of implementation options
should be classified into groups of like countries. However, they do
not provide quantitative analysis of the data which would yield such
hierarchical classification. Instead, they consider each of the three
implementation choices they study separately, and therefore three
separate “classifications” are provided. To give an example, Sellhorn
and Gornik-Tomaszewski place Cyprus and Slovakia into the same
category with respect to the accounting for consolidated accounts of
private firms, because both countries require IFRS for this purpose.
However, they place Cyprus and Slovakia into different classes with
respect to the single-entity accounts of public firms, because Cyprus
requires, but Slovakia prohibits, IFRS in this context.