This paper uses the classification of accounting systems as a guide to explore the impact of new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting rules on corporate financial statements and financial ratios in comparison to their local counterparts in selected European countries. In...

Romanian banks use derivatives to hedge against or speculate on the movement of economic variables such as foreign exchange rate or interest rate. To report these contracts, they apply the IFRS in both consolidated accounts (from 2007 onwards) and individual accounts (starting with 2012). This...

The fact that investors increasingly invest in companies from another country thanthe investor himself and the consequential globalisation of capital markets, resultedin the European Parliament and Council (EP) accepting Regulation No. 1606/2002during 2002. The consequence of the regulation was...

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Profit forecasts are rarely disclosed in the UK except in prospectuses, circulars and during takeover bids. There are few regulations governing the content of profit forecasts. Under stock exchange rules these forecasts must be reported on by both reporting accountants and the merchant bankers...

The two essays in this dissertation address whether restatements provide benefits by improving earnings persistence, pricing, and comparability of accounting amounts. The first essay investigates whether accounting restatements improve the persistence and pricing of earnings and their...

In Deutschland wurde in den letzten Jahren kontrovers diskutiert, ob die handelsrechtliche Rechnungslegung durch die IFRS-Rechnungslegung abgelöst werden sollte. Des Weiteren wurde diskutiert wie das von Versicherungsunternehmen anzuwendende IFRS-Normengefüge ausgestaltet sein sollte. Vor dem...

One of the critical elements of internal control over financial reporting is an effectively functioning audit committee. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) defines an audit committee as " committee (or equivalent body) established by and amongst the board of directors of an issuer for the...

In response to recent criticisms of audit committee performance, new SEC and stock exchange rules require companies to prepare an audit committee charter and to publish the charter in their proxy statement at least once every three years. Audit committees also must disclose how they discharged...

This study reports the results of an experiment that investigates the effects of financial-report timing, EPS proximity to analyst forecast, and external auditor argument consistency on audit committee members' support for a proposed audit adjustment. We use source credibility theory to predict...