It can be stated that, in France, a conventionality and a form of complacency probably stemmed from the standardization process. As a consequence, independent research has tended so far to concentrate more on fields that do not reside within the confines of the works of the standard-setting...

This article questions the role of the fair value approach in the worsening of the present financial crisis by testing its impact on the performance on the Stock Exchange of the CAC 40 companies for which the application of the IAS 39 standard is compulsory. To that end, the authors propose...

The notion of image fidèle was introduced into French law in 1983. Confronted with the need to integrate this notion, both unknown and undefined, into the traditional notions of regularity and sincerity, the French accounting community collectively adopted an avoidance strategy. The strategy...

The purpose of this paper is to show that, long before the French groups begin to publish consolidated accounts, American regulations have influenced the thinking of French accountants on the subject in the early 1960s. In consolidating accounts in France, is the pioneering study by Richard and...

This study distinguishes from previous research works on the area of IFRS First Time Adoption (FTA) impact by its completeness and its homogeneity. As regards completeness, it is based on observations stemming from an exhaustive data base of 483 not-financial listed groups, namely Banque de...