Summary We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model extended by a spatial correlation structure where data allows to evaluate the spatial interaction in two dimensions: level of impact and the length of the spatial tail. This...

Zusammenfassung Die gebräuchlichen Methoden zur Verdeutlichung der konjunkturellen Aussage einer Zeitreihe liefern an ihrem aktuellen Rand nur ein relativ ungenaues Bild. Darum wird hier als ein alternatives Verfahren vorgeschlagen, das Signale einer sich anbahnenden konjunkturellen Wende in...

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Tiefpaßfilter vorgestellt, der speziell dafür entworfen wurde, die konjunkturelle Entwicklung am aktuellen Rand einer Zeitreihe nachzuvollziehen. Anhand von Transferfunktionen, praktischen Anwendungen und stochastischen Simulationen werden seine Eigenschaften mit...

Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Leistungsfähigkeit zweier Verfahren zur Verdeutlichung der konjunkturellen Entwicklung einer wirtschaftlichen Zeitreihe am aktuellen Rand verglichen. Es handelt sich dabei um einen neu entwickelten Tiefpassfilter und das...

Summary The Baxter-King filter shows some weaknesses, particularly with regard to monthly time series. This procedure involves not only a loss of data for the border areas of time series, but suppresses inadequately high frequency components and shows as a low-pass filter only the performance of...

This study investigates professional and job‐related attitudes and behavioural intentions of 427 state and municipal governmental accountants from five southwestern states. While professional commitment has been investigated in terms of its impact on conflict, researchers have not investigated...

The decision to disclose social information in annual reports is a voluntary one. A positive model of the factors that may influence firms′ decisions to disclose social information is proposed. It is hypothesised that the decision may be affected by (a) social performance, (b) political...

According to most authors, a body of (formal) knowledge is the crucial trait of professions. It is the presumed existence of this knowledge which legitimises claims to expertise, professional powers, autonomy and control over work. The body of knowledge around which the financial accounting...

This study investigates whether public accountants in the United States and Taiwan perceive the motivational factors (risks and benefits) surrounding unethical business practices differently because of national culture. The study was based on the general proposition that perceptions would differ...

This article critiques “middle‐of‐the‐road” approaches to corporate social reporting and their cautions against radicalising the subject. The historicity of the concept of middle ground is challenged philosophically, politically and socially, by suggesting that its foundations reside...