In der Arbeit wird die Eigenkapitalausstattung von Kreditgenossenschaften thematisiert. Hintergrund dafür ist, dass sich die Eigenkapitalschwäche von Genossenschaftsbanken zukünftig durch die Internationalisierung der Rechnungslegung und der Bankenregulierung weiter verschärfen könnte....

This research explores the empirical association between takeover bid premium and acquired goodwill, and tests whether the empirical association changes after the passage of approved accounting standard AASB1013: Accounting for Goodwill. AASB1013 mandates capitalization and amortization of...

The release of AASB 1028 Accounting for Employee Entitlements followed a period of intense lobbying and debate, resulting in a standard that contained significantly less stringent requirements than those proposed in the preceding exposure draft. This paper examines the incentives for public...

Motivated by Schipper and Vincent’s (2003) comment that comparability in financial reporting is under-researched, this paper analyses the comparability construct in the context of pension accounting. In practice, compromises or rules introduced into pension accounting standards are not based...

The accounting treatment of stock options issued to employees, not just those options issued to top executives, is one of many issues in the accounting profession being challenged and changed today. The debate regarding how to account for stock options has many nuances. For example, if stock...

Internal audit quality is an issue of great importance to both the internal and external audit professions. PCAOB Auditing Standard No 2 highlights this importance when addressing the reliance that the external auditor can place on the internal audit work product. The study discussed here...

We elaborate an immanent critique of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), critically exploring its claim to serve the public interest by reference to its character and position, its official principles and its work vis-à-vis campaigns to disaggregate accounting focused on...

This thesis focuses on compliance with IFRS disclosure requirements in Malaysia. There are four objectives that this study attempts to achieve, namely: (1) to ascertain whether present regulatory enforcement is effective in curbing non-compliance with IFRS in Malaysia; (2) to determine whether...

In the first essay, I examine the association between auditor industry specialization and earnings management choices. Prior research suggests that industry specialist auditors constrain accounting-based earnings management. But such actions may cause client companies to seek alternative means...