This paper examines the consequences of Financial Reporting Quality (FRQ) on Corporate Performance, using three proxies of FRQ: (i) earnings quality; (ii) conservatism; and (iii) accruals quality. Our purpose is to analyze the effect of a good FRQ on financial performance (FP) measured by the...

For the accounting year 2012 companies whose securities are listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange are required to present their individual financial statements in conformity with IFRS by restating the information prepared in compliance with national regulations. Moreover, starting 1st January 2013,...

A continuous flow of reliable, relevant and financially important information is necessary for making economically justified and strategic investment decisions. Economic globalization has contributed to the need of creating a unified language for communication, a single set of international...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the usefulness of financial reports to users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an attempt to find out whether current practices satisfy users' needs of information and the extent to which these needs have been satisfied by the current disclosure...

I use a sample of 409 companies that restate their earnings in 1997-2001 to examine penalties for outside directors, particularly audit committee members, when their companies experience accounting restatements. Penalties from lawsuits and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) actions are...

This study is about the perception of Auditors, Accountants and Accounting Academics to the plan by the Nigerian government to introduce the accrual system of accounting in its public sector. A cross sectional survey research design was adopted for this study. Questionnaire was distributed to...

This module will consider the legislation and accounting standards surrounding disclosure of financial data for presentation in financial statements by business entities for which the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is responsible. The section on non-financial reporting will cover...

This paper analyses the relation between regulation, accountability and accounting of concession contracts in three major sectors: motorways, utilities and energy. Firstly it identifies major problems in the accounting rules for concession contracts also analysing how political forces are...