Post-Brexit is currently being researched as not only an important geopolitical change butalso as an economically conflicted period that constantly generates many issues in finance,accounting, and taxation. This paper aims to consider, identify and forecast - whether andwhat - the new directions...

The International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 relates to the recognition of an entity’s financial asset/liability in its financial statement, and includes an expected credit loss (ECL) framework for recognising impairment. The quantification of ECL is often broken down into its three...

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...

In the context of increasing regulation and the introduction of harmonized accounting standards, the issue of costs and benefits of changes in accounting standards have been discussed by policy makers, market participants and companies. While it is widely assumed that the harmonisation in...

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...

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...