Critically discuss the assertion that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has closed the legitimacy deficit of its predecessor the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).

Don’t write an introduction or conclusion.
Key points to write about:
1. The transnational implementation
2. Convergence
3. How the IASB was affected during the global financial crisis and how they survived after.
Refer to the sources provided below(include these sources into the essay) you can use other external
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