Purpose Considering the worldwide importance granted to this topic, the purpose of this paper is to analyze, through a detailed pyramidal analysis, the intention of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) to respond better to the public sector characteristics....

Purpose This paper aims to explore the emerging phenomenon of integrated reporting (IR) in the context of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and proposes a longitudinal analysis of the level of IR disclosure (IRD) provided by a sample of European SOEs for the period 2013–2017, in accordance with...

The present research aims to investigate the manner in which the public sector accounting under transition from cash to accrual base can be accompanied by legislative stability and coherence, using the example of Romanian public sector. The importance of a clear and concise change process is one...

The present investigation is aiming to provide a general overview of academic literature on related party transactions topic. The study is based on the positive perspective and on fundamental (descriptive – conceptual) research type. The main investigation techniques used were: the literature...

This paper addresses to accounting researchers and proposes the use of abductive research strategy to improve the quality of accounting research outcomes. We argue that abductive reasoning has developed as a typical research method in all fields of interpretive studies but is still unrecognized...

The purpose of the present investigation is to provide a short overview of themain implications arising from carrying related parties transactions: accounting reporting(related party disclosures - IAS 24), auditing (audit procedures for related partytransactions), taxation (issues regarding the...

Our paper develops a literature review on fair value studies. The purpose of thestudy is to synthesize the main results of accounting research literature empiricallyapproaching fair value measurement. Therefore, our analysis imposes the use of literaturereview methodology. After briefly...

According to the disclosure requests of IAS 23 Borrowing Costs, companies areto include the following elements within their annual reports: accounting policies adopted bythe firms, value of capitalization for borrowing costs and capitalization rate. This paperinvolves an empirical research,...

This paper wants to highlights the relation between the development ofaccounting in Romania and the accounting profession. The development of the accountingeducation is related with the economical development as well as the profession. Havingintellectuals that are preoccupied of accounting we...