pt. 1. Accounting -- pt. 2. Reporting -- pt. 3. (International) accounting standard setting and regulation -- pt. 4. Institutional aspects of (international) financial reporting regulation -- pt. 5. Social and economic aspects of (international) financial reporting regulation.

This papers starts from an article published by Chan et al. in Accounting and Business Research in 2006 on accounting research in Europe. It develops the idea that accounting research in Europe is much more diversified than it appears, is not limited to British academics output, and relies upon...