During the last decade Italian local governments have undergone a reform process, involving deep changes in their accounting system. The purpose of our longitudinal study is to analyse the development path of accounting tools in an Italian LG body over a decade and to answer the following...

This book is unique in its scope and depth of coverage. It describes the government accounting and budgeting in each of nine European countries, at national and local levels, in their current and prospective forms. The nine countries represent Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden), Central Europe...