This study examines the usefulness to investors of the “monetary correction” (corrección monetaria) required under Chilean accounting standards. The monetary correction arises when nonmonetary assets and liabilities and owners’ equity are restated for changes in the purchasing power of...

A proposed accounting standard issued jointly by the FASB and IASB would require firms to recognize many more lease assets than is currently required and to amortize those assets on a straight-line basis. A number of respondents to the exposure draft argue that the “front-loading” of lease...