In the last years and especially after the outbreak of the recent financial and economiccrisis, fair value and implicitly fair value measurements for financial statements have been harshlycriticized, mainly by the representatives of the companies activating in the financial sector.Therefore, the...

Our study approaches corporate governance in the context of the financial reportingprocess. From a theoretical point of view we draw on literature arguing that informationaltransparency connects corporate governance mechanisms and the financial reporting process withbenefits for stakeholders....

Our paper presents the scientific demarche that we are developing through a currentaccounting research project. Prior to its implementation, the final steps of the project are beingpresented for discussion and debate. Aiming at developing a functional model for optimizing thenational strategy...

Our theoretical research was developed based on Papineau‘s methodology inorder to be able to develop a comprehensive framework by constructing an internal history ofthe literature. By using this particular approach the main body of the literature is summarizedconducting in the end to a...

In this paper it is realized an overview of the impact of IFRS over Europeanaccounting environment in terms of tax-accounting link. Based on previous studies conductedregarding the relationship between accounting and taxation to individual financialstatements, it is developed a theoretical...

The purpose of this research is to approach creative disclosure as a feature ofcreative accounting. Also known in the literature as impression management, this demarchecan be found in corporate annual report under forms of distortion of narratives of numericaland graph manipulation. Little is...

We have studied the cash flow reporting issues in Romania, trying to establish if there isan interest in using creative accounting techniques in order to manipulate cash flow reporting.Another issue of our research is focused on the possibility of using hedging opportunities by financialmanagers...

Since 2005 European listed companies report their financial figuresbased on IFRSs. This paper investigates whether Hungarian listed companies complywith IFRS disclosure requirements, identifying some factors associated with the levelof compliance. Although the issue of consolidation is not a new...

Corporate governance is concerned with the relationships between a business’smanagement and its board of directors, shareholders and lenders and its other stakeholders such asemployees, customers, suppliers, and the community in which activates. The connection betweenthis topic and creative...

This study intends to be a first step into an attempt of measuring the earningsmanagement using an econometric model valid for the Romanian specificities by trying to establishthe level of significance of three acknowledged econometric models: Jones (1991), Dechow et al.(1995) and Kasznik (1999)...