This paper examines whether the level of enforcement shapes the complexity in accounting standards. First, in order to identify the level of complexity in accounting standards, we calculated a new measure that conceptualizes accounting complexity based on the theoretical dimensions of...

Industry accounting is a branch of accounting that deals with the processing, analysis, and reporting of financial information in an industrial context. The industrial sector generally involves various types of business entities operating in manufacturing, trading, services, mining, and other...

The extractive industry covers a wide range of activities, including the exploration, production and sale of non-renewable natural resources such as minerals, oil and natural gas. In general, these activities are characterized by a high degree of risk. There is a risk that exploration will not...

Textual data has drawn much research interest in the recent accounting literature. However, there has also been some criticisms about the seeming lack of transparency and hence replicability of how texts are processed and measured. In this paper I aim to have a better understanding of such...

This study, relying on the notion of agency theory that the presence of information asymmetry causes higher agency costs, investigates the impact of accounting disclosure and perceived strength of auditing and reporting standards on perceived corruption. Using data for 71 economies for the...

We use a case study to illustrate how different acquisition methods can result in different amounts of goodwill recognised on financial statements in China. China Merchants Bank adopted a two-step acquisition method: first, it acquired 53% of the shares of Hong Kong's Wing Lung Bank to gain...

The research questions that are solved in this paper are as follows: (1) how the value relevance of accounting information evolved from a developing country perspective and (2) how the accounting reform impacts on value relevance. This study aims to assess the value relevance of accounting...

Accounting is simply the language of business; like any other field of knowledge, it has its own rules, regulations, and standards, which differ from region to region, country to country, and economy to economy. Having single, universal standards is the dream of many accounting practitioners,...

Policies, standards, and voluntary initiatives aimed at mobilizing businesses to address the challenges of climate change resides on the foundation of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. The existence of multiple, yet similar, standards can create market confusion in deciding which standard to...

At the beginning of the 1990s UK accounting standards were described as a ‘laughing stock’. By the millennium they were widely acclaimed and in some respects world-leading. This paper explores some of the key technical advances in this period, and the political processes employed to secure...

One of the main objectives of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is to improve the comparability of financial reports internationally and is a reason jurisdictions abandoned their local GAAP. Contemporaneous comparability is affected by the clarity of the requirements and the...

We uncover a new real effect of harmonizing accounting standards on international trade: following a mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, exporters experiencing a greater change in reporting requirements become more successful in defending against foreign...

To provide a fuller picture of compliance with SFAS 142, we hand-collect data to track 893 large acquisitions. Our model, which links impairments to post-acquisition performance declines and acquisition-year attributes, identifies 349 acquisitions as likely to impair. We expand compliance to...

The article deals with the actual problems of implementation of the national provision (standard) of accounting in the public sector 136 “Biological Assets”. The essence of the concept of “biological assets” in various scientific and literary sources was investigated. Different...

We examine how the implementation of the K-IFRS No.1116 Lease affects firm value. This new accounting standard mandates capitalization of all leases, resulting in changes in the key accounting leverage ratios and rates of return. The contracting costs hypothesis suggests that changes in...

The mainstream theoretical and empirical research presented in the study is a comparative analysis of comprehensive income reporting by groups listed in the Polish and German capital markets. The theoretical part of the article is dedicated to a scientific discussion on the determinants of the...

This study finds that the requirement of ASC 842 for firms to capitalize operating leases in financial statements beginning in 2019 resulted in firms affected by the standard reducing existing debt amounts on average between 7% and 10% relative to unaffected firms. We also find that firms with...

We examine the performance of new lease accounting rules in private debt markets. Among debt contracts issued before ASC 842 became effective but that end after the effective date, we find 87 percent exclude or provide an option for contracting parties to exclude the effects of ASC 842. We find...

Share prices reflect available financial information about those firms and a substantial amount of these information come from financial statement figures. The informativeness of the reported earnings and book values in financial statements depend on accounting standards that govern their...

Dieses Standardwerk begleitet inzwischen Generationen von Studierenden und Praktiker:innen. Es dient als Grundlage zur Einarbeitung in die Probleme der Erstellung und Auswertung von Jahresabschlüssen. Vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Abschlusserstellung und der...