Our purpose in this paper is to analyse the profile of people involved in accounting standard-setting. The discussion develops three aspects : 1) the opposition between expert and representative standard-setters ; 2) the more and more significant participation of professional standard-setters ;...

This article offers a synthesis of previous research related to rhetoric and persuasion in accounting standard-setting in order to offer an understanding of why rhetoric is necessary to the process and how it operates. In the first place, the rhetorical dimension of accounting standard-setting...

This article offers a survey related to rhetoric and persuasion in accounting standard-setting. In the first place, the rhetorical dimension of accounting standard-setting is discussed by showing how persuasion is inherent in the process. Secondly, the devices used by the standard-setter in...