’s commitment in providing disaggregated accounting information disciplines managers such that they provide more disaggregated … forward looking disclosures. As of 1998, SFAS 131 allows US firms to withhold audited profitability accounting information on … the results indicate that firms that do not show commitment in continuing to provide segmented profitability accounting …

enforcement is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with accounting regulations (Hail and Leuz 2006, Daske et al. 2008, 2013 …

This dissertation studies real effects of disclosure regulation and topics at the intersection of accounting and …. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 triggered a vigorous debate about the role of fair value accounting and revived … discussions about procyclicality in banking. While there is evidence that fair value accounting did not play a major role during …

rules, earnings management, Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG), transitional regulations, pension accounting …, Accounting Directive Implementation Act (BilRUG), voluntary annual audits …

quality, behavioral accounting, allocation of audit work, audit fees, earnings management, economic regulation, joint audit …, North Rhine-Westphalian municipal accounting, municipal accounting, international accounting, conversion of annual accounts …