The Economics and Politics of Accounting
International Perspectives on Research Trends, Policy, and Practice
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Author
Contributions
- Christian Leuz (Editor) - Contributor
- Dieter Pfaff (Editor) - Contributor
- Anthony Hopwood (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2005-10-08 - Oxford University Press, USA
Language
English
Word Count
110,000 words, Guess
Page Count
440 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveeconomicspolitic00leuz
- ISBN-100199286787
- ISBN-139780199286782
- Goodreads3342873
- Better World Books9780199286782
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL7405260M
Classifications
- LCCHF5625
First Sentence
Consider the following examples of financial accounting "insights": (a) investors always prefer more information to less; (b) more disclosure by firms is useful since it increases the amount of information in capital markets; (c) regulators must force firms to disclose information, otherwise they would conceal bad news; (d) if firms can "lie" in their disclosures without threat of being caught, they will do so, therefore markets must be protected from reacting to such information; (e) earnings management is a bad thing, and regulators should reduce accounting choices; (f) management evaluation should be based solely on controllable financial results; (g) effective auditing deters management from making erroneous financial reports.
Subjects
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- The Economics and Politics of Accounting: International Perspectives on Research Trends, Policy, and Practice
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