A conceptual framework of accounting for the economics of non-business entities is developed and applied to the new French "accounting constitution" of governmental accounting. The concept of non-business entity is used to investigate the nature and role of non lucrative organizations within the...

The French system of public accounts continues to function at its current state with little doubt. The gap between information provided on the one hand, and users’ vague expectations on the other however, is insistent and continues to widen. At its current state, the public accounts system is...

This paper examines the norms and practices for infrastructure, art and heritage assets in six cities, across three European countries, to determine how the national norms of accrual accounting compared with each other, and with IPSAS, and how the practices in each city compared with the norms....