| dc.description.abstract | The accounting practice follows the choices of accounting professionals, which undergo formal and informal restrictions in this sense, this dissertation discusses the development of the subject of accounting harmonization, which examines the influence of institutional factors on accounting practices. It also aims to identify whether the adoption of international accounting standards resulted in reduced diversity of financial statements of listed companies in the capital market in Brazil (BOVESPA). In the context of a process of change in accounting rules and standards, the Institutional Theory of Douglas North provides help in understanding the adoption of IFRS, since the new international accounting standards to harmonize the accounting practices of various countries seeking improved effectiveness of accounting. One of the possible impacts of adopting IFRS as the standard for the preparation of financial statements could be identified when analyzing financial ratios in the period 2000-2011. For the rationale of this study was adopted as reference the research of Jones and Finley (2011 ), however , differing mainly with respect to the sample by employing Brazilian and the second method of analysis companies, to confirm the variation of coefficient of variation, with the ANOVA statistical test. As a result of the research, it was not possible to verify reduction in the diversity of financial statements of listed companies in the capital market in Brazil - which differs from the findings of Jones and Finley (2011 ), which indicated some statistically significant reductions in the variability of the measurements after IFRS, even controlling factors such as company size, industry and status of adoption. | en |
