Since 1998, the world's leading experts on accounting and regulation have convened in a series of workshops to explore emerging issues in their field, and to analyze the social and economic consequences. The workshops have covered a wide array of topics, including international standard setting,...

Introduction -- Corporate Collapse: Regulatory, Accounting and Ethical Failure -- Post-Enron Reform: Financial Statement Insurance and GAAP Re-visited -- Accounting Standard Setting in Two Political Contexts -- Constituents’ Participation in the IASC/IASB’s Due Process of International...

The objective of this study is to demonstrate the degree to which debate about translation in the EU, and translation specifically of IFRS in the EU, generates both:• Deeply held convictions about language; and• Diversity of views on key issues even within translators into one language...

The objective of this study is to demonstrate the degree to which debate about translation in the EU, and translation specifically of IFRS in the EU, generates both: - Deeply held convictions about language; and - Diversity of views on key issues even within translators into one language group....

The dissertation investigates the impact of a non-risk-weighted leverage ratio on the stability of financial institutions. We calculate leverage ratios (LR) and estimate probabilities of default (PD) and find a significant positive relationship between LR and PD. This might be explained by the...