"Amendments to IFRS No. 9 with respect to classification, measurement and impairment of financial instruments. In addition, current events have focused public attention on the key role of accounting in providing information useful to decision makers. The CPA exam, too, is redirecting its focus...

Using a new database that contains accounting data for a large sample of U.S. private firms, we provide an investigation of financial reporting quality (FRQ) of U.S. private versus public firms. We find that in general public firms have higher accrual quality and are more conservative. The...