Over the past several years, Abraham Briloff's writings have caused considerable ripples in the financial community with his insistent articles in various financial journals, especially Barron's. Among the subjects of his critical commentaries have been US Financial, ITT, lOS (under Cornfeld and...

On March 4, 2008, Release No. 33-8879 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) went into effect and eliminated the need for US-listed foreign companies who prepare financial statements in accordance with IASB-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the...

The main topic of my article is a discussion of the paper of David Alexander and Eva Eberhartinger. Authors of this paper explored the issue of the true and fair view as an overriding principle within the European Union, via a legally based analysis of the relationship between EU and national...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the differential motivations of hotel owners and operators to engage in earnings management through the selective capitalisation or expensing of asset related expenditures. Design/methodology/approach – Research evidence has...

As a mechanism for the exchange, transmission, and reporting of accounting and financial data, eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) makes great strides toward standardisation. However, given the global nature of contemporary financial markets, XBRL reporting must transcend or...

We investigate factors determining firm's governance models to assess how methods of resolving information asymmetry affect accounting policy choices. Companies with stakeholder governance models tend to use private communication to resolve information asymmetry. Our results suggest that firms...