Research Question- What impact has the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) had on gross domestic product (GDP) growth in countries that have fully adopted these standards? Motivation- The results of prior research are inconclusive, and more research is...

Research Question- How does the IPSAS application affect Accountability and government effectiveness in Nigeria? Motivation- Inadequate disclosure of public account information has made a mess of public resources management regarding accountability and government effectiveness, necessitating...

Purpose The study investigates the influence of financial transparency on citizens' trust and revenue paying behaviour of citizens of local governments in sub-Saharan Africa. It relies on the theories of stewardship and public choice in explaining the relationship between financial transparency,...

Purpose - The necessity for a reliable set of international standards for the compilation of national accounts introduced the accrual accounting framework of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). Extensive efforts are made for convergence between Government Accounts (GA) and National...

The adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is gaining momentum across the world. Greece initiated a general financial management reform program which includes the transformation of financial accounting. The public sector in Greece adopted IPSAS-based standards...

Purpose This study asks whether external auditors enable the transfer of policies to the United Nations organizations that they audit and, if so, what types of policies are transferred. Design/methodology/approach The empirical research is based on a content analysis of 512 external auditor...

Purpose The study aims at examining the level of financial transparency of local governments in a sub-Saharan African country and how financial transparency is affected by democracy in the sub-region. Design/methodology/approach The study applied a panel regression model to data collected from...

Research question: What is the general profile of countries adopting IPSAS in accounting, institutional and economic terms? Motivation: IPSAS are perceived as the benchmark of public sector's accounting standardization. Their adoption becomes highly promoted by several institutional...

Der Begriff „European Public Sector Accounting Standards“ (EPSAS) ist eine Bezeichnung für die Idee, einheitliche europäische Rechnungslegungsstandards für den öffentlichen Sektor zu entwickeln. Die EPSAS stehen dabei im Fokus diverser fachlicher Diskussionen bei Bund, Ländern und...

Purpose This paper examines the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems of 27 European central governments and the governments' respective information technology (IT) reforms, facilitator role and association with accrual accounting reforms as premise of the International Public Sector...

Purpose This paper aims to research the reforms toward International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) implementation and the perceptions about the use and usefulness of accounting information in the context of local government in the Iberian Peninsula. The paper focuses on the...

Nowadays, there are many countries implementing the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) under the assumption that they allow to provide quality to accounting information, as well as greater transparency and accountability. This research, in turn, seeks to establish that this...

Nowadays, there are many countries implementing the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) under the assumption that they allow to provide quality to accounting information, as well as greater transparency and accountability. This research, in turn, seeks to establish that this...