At present, the performance measurement in accounting is achieved with the help of the compre-hensive income, which contains the determined result in the profit and loss account, also the profits and losses are accepted directly in the equity. However, not so long ago, the comprehensive income...

This study examines empirically whether investors in the Romanian stock market perceive accounting information based on domestic GAAP to be value relevant. The study is motivated by the value-relevance literature in the emerging stock markets in which Romania is also included. Using a sample of...

Until now, the historical cost principle has dominated accountancy. At this time, another princi-ple seems to operate: the fair value principle. The discussion will gravitate around the questions: What is fair value? How has concept of fair value evolved? How much is the fair value used as the...