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The research in this paper has two objectives. Beginning with an examination of the historical development of how financial reporting standards are set in the United States and around the world, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board will be...
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This paper assesses the influence of an adoption of IAS/IFRS or US GAAP on the financial analysts’ forecast accuracy in … IFRS or US GAAP data than for forecasts based on German GAAP data.Moreover, in the year of switching from German GAAP to US …
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This paper seeks to present the moral and ethical frameworks in which to consider the effect of bribing on business and the great community; confront the cultural differences that lie between American businesses and its potential interest abroad, as well as the growing international move to...
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The empirical evidence suggests that firms overpay for fraud liability and overspend on internal compliance mechanisms (which are not very effective at preventing fraud). Yet, insiders who commit fraud are rarely sanctioned for their wrongdoing, which produces moral hazard and individual...
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the differences between accounting for fixed assets under IFRS and U.S. GAAP … IASB to converge U.S. GAAP with IFRS?  The paper will start by establishing that financial reporting, as it has evolved in …
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine in depth the process of U.S. GAAP convergence to IFRS. The thesis begins by … Understanding, and even possibly adopting IFRS, are covered next. The risk implications if the United States were to adopt IFRS as … it stands today are examined. There are numerous short-term risks if the U.S. adopts IFRS immediately, many of which …
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of international mutual funds, I find that harmonizing accounting standards (adoption of IFRS) increases foreign mutual …
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according to IFRS. Therefore, differences between loan loss provisions and expected losses should only result from different … loan that is in favor of the basic idea of IFRS. Suggestions for changes in current accounting and capital requirement …
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Principles (GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the United States. This study targets the costs and … for the US to adopt IFRS. To ascertain the costs and benefits of the transition, this research used an online survey to … that the benefits of the conversion far outweigh the costs and therefore the US should adopt IFRS. Transitioning to IFRS …
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This paper examines the differences between the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Generally … for domestic companies adopting the IFRS. The differences between these two standards are important because the … implementation of IFRS into the U.S. is a current issue for domestic companies. It is important to note how the new standards will …
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