Through this study we checked within the framework of the fair value model, the consistency between the hedge-accounting recommended by the IAS 39 and the objectives of the capital regulation in the banking industry. We conclude that the macro-hedge is the most appropriate approach given the...

For a number of decades now, at the instigation of Anglo-Saxon standard setters, the basis of the traditional accounting model, or the financial conventions which determine how a company’s wealth and income is measured, have been increasingly called into question. This wide-reaching movement,...

L'objet de ce papier est d'analyser le profil des hommes qui participent à l'élaboration des normes comptables. La discussion s'articule autour de trois points : 1) l'opposition entre experts et représentants ; 2) l'émergence de plus en plus marquée de professionnels de la normalisation ;...

Que révèlent les scandales financiers récents (Enron, Worldcom...) ? Les failles des normes comptables, l'imbrication trop forte de certains métiers (par exemple l'audit et le conseil), l'insuffisance de la "corporate governance" et plus généralement des modes de régulation ? Comment...

Our purpose in this paper is to analyse the profile of people involved in accounting standard-setting. The discussion develops three aspects : 1) the opposition between expert and representative standard-setters ; 2) the more and more significant participation of professional standard-setters ;...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the profile and the contribution of actors involved in the setting of accounting standards. The comparative literature suggests the opposition between “expert” and “representative” standard-setters. Considering both...

L'auteur distingue trois périodes dans l'évolution récente du droit comptable. Avant la publication en 1983 de la première loi française purement comptable, le droit comptable est très embryonnaire et fortement dépendant du droit civil et du droit fiscal. De 1983 à 1998, il va se...