This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France …, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …

for doing so. If a rescue is handled skillfully, the cost can be greatly reduced. The history of assistance to U.S. banks … the history of bank distress and assistance in the United States during the 1930's and examines in detail the role of the …

returns, random growth, and locational fundamentals. To do so, we examine the distribution of regional population in Japan …

Integrating national accounting with financial accounting, we provide firm-specific estimates of current-cost capital …

most transactions are carried out through an accounting system rather than any tangible medium of exchange, and (iii …

's regulation and a major enforcement reform in Germany, we find that forcing a greater share of firms to publicly disclose their …

This paper comprehensively reviews Accounting for Income Taxes (AFIT). The first half provides background and a primer …

This paper discusses the issues surrounding the proposals to conform financial accounting income and taxable income …. The two incomes diverged in the late 1990s with financial accounting income becoming increasingly greater than taxable … of earnings management for financial accounting and/or the tax sheltering of corporate income. Our paper outlines the …