Many European countries have been carried out a modernization projects in public sector financial reporting since the last two decades. Consequence of a stronger demand for complex, reliable and relevant economic information on government is governments´ efforts towards better accountability....

1. A framework for cost accounting systems in government / Zachary T. Mohr -- 2. Contextualizing cost accounting in government from a historical perspective / Zachary T. Mohr and William C. Rivenbark -- 3. The intrinsic value of cost accounting for benchmarking service efficiency / William C....

Purpose - The study aims to identify whether international financial reporting standards (IFRS) or local generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) reporting provides investors and senior management of acquirer banks with superior information on target banks under post-merger bank...