Ding, Yuan; Jeanjean, Thomas; Stolowy, Hervé - HAL - 2013
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 …