SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2008-028 Are stewardship and valuation usefulness compatible or alternative objectives of financial accounting? Joachim Gassen* * Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany This research was supported by the Deutsche...

The adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting might become more comparable across countries. This expectation is opposed to an alternative view that stresses the importance of incentives in shaping accounting information. We provide early...