For the accounting year 2012 companies whose securities are listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange are required to present their individual financial statements in conformity with IFRS by restating the information prepared in compliance with national regulations. Moreover, starting 1st January 2013,...

This paper analyses the relation between regulation, accountability and accounting of concession contracts in three major sectors: motorways, utilities and energy. Firstly it identifies major problems in the accounting rules for concession contracts also analysing how political forces are...

A wave of accounting failures at the beginning of the century motivated the national stock exchanges to require firms to maintain a majority independent board of directors. Approximately 24% of firms were not already in compliance with the new listing requirements and so were forced to change....

The study revealed poor financial reporting quality among Mongolian Stock Exchange top 20 index listed firms as restating the previously published financial reports and providing poor disclosure about the restatement. The study used cumulative abnormal return to analyze the market response...

This paper examines the role and function of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) noting whether or not it is a constitutional entity as well as how it's over zealous regulations cause the creation of Auditing Standard No. 5 (AS 5) an Audit Internal Control over Financial...