A model of firm financial and investment behaviour when there is a possibility of tax exhaustion is used to analyse the incentives for firms to act as lessees or lessors and the determination of the equilibrium rental rate in the leasing market. A number of results emerge which are relevant for...

Hackethal and Schmidt (2003) criticize a large body of literature on the financing of corporate sectors in different countries that questions some of the distinctions conventionally drawn between financial systems. Their criticism is directed against the use of net flows of finance and they...

The article presents a study on the application of some accounting concepts and functions in economic analysis. According to the author, his analysis will provide a basis on which accountants can discriminate between the alternative rules and standards available to them by reference to their...