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This paper aims to shed light on the role of the "ideology" of political parties in shaping the evolution of the …
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When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order infuence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze the...
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The topic of corporate governance has become increasingly prominent in recent years in many different academic areas in recent years. In this article we address various approaches to corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on the historical role of the State. It seems that certain...
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The recent fi nancial crisis has lead the IASB to settle new reporting standards for fi nancial instruments. The extended ability to measure some debt instruments at amortized cost is associated with a new impairment losses mechanism: Expected Credit Losses. In this paper, after a brief...
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Our paper addresses what the moral foundations of accounting are, regardless of capitalistic operations, as we are … seeking to trace a genealogy of accounting thinking disconnected from coincidence with Capitalism. We demonstrate that the … three monotheisms have bared the core of accounting. We purport to explicate how the three monotheisms (Judaism …
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Accounting numbers (and especially net income, equity or total assets) are based on conventions that are shaped by … accounting standard setters. Elected choices result from a trade-off between the information needs of various stakeholders. This … paper investigates how accounting choices meet the information needs of various stakeholders. Analyzing the R&D policy of …
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economics, accounting, and law. The firm is then understood as a managed dynamic system, characterized by different structures … organization, and knowledge within the firm). Accordingly, the accounting system is an integral part of this framework, one that … demonstrates the joint implications of economic, accounting, and legal matters within the firm. In a business affair fraught with …
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fragmentée ; ainsi , Baladouni publie, semble t-il le premier, en 1984, un article dans « The Accounting Historians Journal »(Vol …
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In listed companies, the Board of directors is the ultimate responsible of information disclosure. The "conventional wisdom" considers independence of directors as the essential attribute to improve the quality of that disclosure. In a sense, this approach subordinates expertise to independence....
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This article aims to provide a longitudinal presentation of developments in Romanian accounting during the 20th century … framework. The study identifies a “homeAgrown”, normative influence in Romanian accounting practices during the first 50 years … present, a mixed isomorphism oriented around French, European and International accounting systems. Lacking a period of …
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