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This chapter analyzes the role of financial accounting in the German financial system. It starts from the common perception that German accounting is rather 'uninformative'. This characterization is appropriate from the perspective of an arm's length or outside investor and when confined to the...
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European Union (EU). Theaccounting standards that were accepted, are the International Financial ReportingStandards (IFRS …) (previously known as International Accounting Standards (IAS)).The regulation further determined that the effective date of this … that there are still substantial differences between these twosets of accounting standards. No such study was conducted in …
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(SEC) but using International Accounting Standards (IAS). This study addresses two issues, (1) whether the comparability of … suggests that such differences in financial reporting tend to persist in spite of harmonization efforts of accounting standards … addition, it seems that the revisions made by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have not resulted in more …
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, international accounting standards. Previous research into international disclosure diversity has focused on an analysis of ….Financial disclosures required by UK professional regulations and by International Accounting Standards (IASs) are summarised and classified ….The Financial Accounting Standards Board is currently examining the issue of disclosure effectiveness in the US. By highlighting …
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transitioned into principles-based International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted in China. In particular, I examine … whether principles-based standards are associated with less real earnings management, less comparability, a higher variance of … higher value relevance of accounting amounts than rules-based standards. The latter accounting regime fosters more check box …
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transitioned into principles-based International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted in China. In particular, I examine … whether principles-based standards are associated with less real earnings management, less comparability, a higher variance of … higher value relevance of accounting amounts than rules-based standards. The latter accounting regime fosters more check box …
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The promulgation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002(MPRDA) led to a significant increase in the number of junior exploration companies. In thisregard, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 6 allows companies to develop theirown accounting policies for...
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