It is found that the degree of earning
smoothing of ASEAN countries in the period
after the declaration is different from the period
before the declaration. Among countries, earning
smoothing is not different at the beginning period,
but it is significantly different after the declaration.
There is less managing of earnings toward targets
after the declaration, but not less timely loss
recognition in overall ASEAN countries. Countries
that adopted more IFRS (Malaysia, Singapore, and
The Philippines) tend to have less managing of
earnings toward targets than countries that adopted
less IFRS (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam), and less
managing of earnings after the declaration. On
the other hand, the degree of managing earnings
toward targets of countries which adopted less
IFRS is not lower over time. For the last aspect, the
timely loss recognition is not related with the IFRS
adoption and the declaration of AEC establishment.
Countries which adopted more IFRS does not have
more large losses recognition than countries which
adopted less IFRS, and also not more large losses
recognition after the declaration. This finding
suggests the accounting quality of ASEAN member
countries more differs among countries after the
declaration of AEC establishment. However, there
is evidence of accounting quality improvement of
overall ASEAN countries. The IFRS adoption also
takes parts in the improvement of the accounting
quality increase.