“…Some previous studies about the effect of IFRS adoption on earnings management resulted in various outcomes. Some researchers argued that IFRS adoption reduce earnings management (Barth, Landsman, & Lang, 2008;Iatridis & Sotiris, 2010;Zéghal, Chtourou, & Sellami, 2011;Dimitropoulos et al, 2013;Pelucio-Grecco et al, 2014;Baig & Khan, 2016), while other studies suggested an increase in earnings management (Callao & Jarne, 2010;Capkun, Collins, & Jeanjean, 2016;Oz & Yelkenci, 2018;Malikov, Manson, & Coakley, 2018), even some studies indicate no effect of earnings management (Jeanjen & Stolowy 2008;Wang & Campbell 2012;Doukakis, 2014;Brice, Ali, & Maher, 2015;Trimble, 2018). Most of the studies had used accrual earnings management (AEM).…”