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The politics of accounting standard-setting : a review of empirical research

Gipper, Brandon; Lombardi, Brett J.; Skinner, Douglas J. - In: Australian journal of management 38 (2013) 3, pp. 523-551

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Implications for GAAP from an analysis of positive research in accounting

Kothari, S. P.; Ramanna, Karthik; Skinner, Douglas J. - 2010 - Rev.

Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces. We recognize the advantage...

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Discussion of “implications for GAAP from an analysis of positive research in accounting”

Lambert, Richard A. - In: Journal of accounting & economics 50 (2010) 2/3, pp. 287-295

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Implications for GAAP from an analysis of positive research in accounting

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Discussion of 'Accounting Standards and Debt Covenants : Has the 'Balance Sheet Approach' Led to a Decline in the Use of Balance Sheet Covenants?'

Skinner, Douglas J. - 2011

Demerjian (2011) argues that a shift by U.S. standard setters towards the balance sheet approach reduces the usefulness of balance sheet numbers for contracting. Consistent with this argument, he provides evidence of a decline in the use of balance sheet-based covenants in debt contracts, a...

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