Bilanzrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz (kurz BilRUG) hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber die Rechnungslegung nach HGB in einigen wesentlichen Aspekten reformiert. Die wichtigsten Änderungen betreffen die neuen Schwellenwerte für Unternehmensgrößenklassen sowie den Aufbau der Gewinn-und-Verlustrechnung....

Household budget surveys in sub-Saharan Africa are designed to facilitate poverty measurement and may fail to fully capture consumption in wealthy households. As a result, inequality is likely underestimated. We address upper tier consumption underreporting by aligning consumption derived from...

When self-interested agents compete for scarce resources, they often exaggerate the promise of their activities. As such, principals must consider both the quality of each opportunity and each agent's credibility. We show that principals are better off with less transparency because they gain...

This paper critically examines the potential movement from accounting of war to accounting of peace. The 20th century capitalist economy developed in the war, and also stimulated the war. In contradiction with the current state of facts, some economists such as Vandana Shiva promote the idea of...

The aim of this paper is to explore the viability of off-shoring of accounting services to foreign companies by providers of such services located in Republic of Macedonia. We have assessed the potentials of accountants in Republic of Macedonian to offer off-shored accounting services by using...

As the cloud-based technologies gain more customers each day, the need for understanding the “economics of cloud” arises, together with the need for strategic measurement of different cloud or non-cloud-based infrastructure options. In such context, the option for the cloud technologies...

We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect components (general equilibrium effects). Furthermore,...

Diese Schrift gibt einen Überblick über die Evolution und die Entwicklungen im Bereich des betrieblichen Rechnungswesens und deckt eine zeitliche Spanne von etwa 5.500 Jahren ab. Begonnen wird bei den Wirtschaftstexten der Sumerer, und im Folgenden werden die Epochen Antike, Feudalismus und...

The Czech Republic has recently introduced and implemented public sector accounting reform. The aim of the reform was to make the Czech public finance system more transparent, efficient and realistic. The authors of this reform, in fact, intended to bring public sector accounting and public...

This paper investigates the effect of institutional quality on sustainable development.Institutional quality is assumed to determine the (perceived) risk in the face of which oil and mining firms determine their level of investment in physical and natural capital. Since these two types of...

Objectives: This research explores how an independent financial reporting monitoring and review body functions as a mechanism of accountability. Prior Work: The paper extends on a critical body of accounting research which draws on institutional theory to explain the functioning of financial...

The article aims to show the main current directions in terms of environmental liabilities assessment and accounting. Much has been done in the last couple of decades to address the environmental issues. Still, there is much arguing if the standards are developing as fast as the humans'...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which accounting internships contribute to forming and developing students’ competencies, practical abilities, professional and ethical values and to a more informed understanding of the accounting profession. We focus on the internship...

IFRS 9, Bilanzierung von Finanzinstrumenten, Finanzkrise, Kreditrisikoparameter, Wertminderungen, Sicherungsbeziehungen, Entscheidungsnützlichkeit, Aufsichtsrecht. - Accounting for financial instruments, financial crisis, credit risk parameters, impairment, hedge accounting, decision...

Joint audits, Verteilung der Prüfungshandlungen, Prüfungsqualität, Prüfungskosten, cosmetic earnings management (CEM), ökonomische Regulierung, interne Qualitätskontrolle, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft als Partnerschaft, Kosten- und Honorarverteilungsregelung, Bilanzpolitik,...

In der 3. Auflage (1993) des "Handwörterbuchs des Rechnungswesens" taucht der Begriff "Innovation" weder unter den Stichworten noch im Sachregister auf. Ein erstaunlicher Befund, wenn man ihn im Vergleich mit der praktisch gleichzeitig erschienenen 3. Auflage des "Handwörterbuchs der...