Foreign Ownership Reaction on Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Go Public Companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchanges

• Main Author: Hamidah
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: Primrose Hall Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: H Social Sciences; HF5601 Accounting; HG Finance; HG4551-4598 Stock exchanges
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/95652/1/Hamidah_Karil-05.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/95652/2/Hamidah_Peer%20Review%20005.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/95652/3/Hamidah-Similarity%2005_Foreign%20Ownership%20Reactions%20....pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/95652/; https://www.ijicc.net/index.php/ijicc-editions/2020/164-vol-11-iss-11
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

This study aims to determine the reaction of foreign ownership on the Indonesia Stock Exchange to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This study will examine the reaction of foreign ownership on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the periods 2007-2010 and 2012-2015. The variables used in this study are IFRS and foreign ownership. It finds that the obligation of IFRS does not affect the development of foreign investment in Indonesia, because accounting standards in Indonesia have been adjusted to IFRS since 2008 and investment decisions are not only influenced by standard accounting policies, but also by other factors, such as the economic and political conditions of a country. This study is motivated by the results of previous studies regarding the reaction of foreign ownership of IFRS adoption, which is still controversial. Some studies suggest that IFRS adoption increases information appeal and can attract foreign investment, while other research states that IFRS adoption will not necessarily increase the number of shares held by foreign investors.