In order to join the European Union, Romania, as well as the other member countries, must accomplish certain criteria, among which we can mention the adopting of the acquis communautaire. Thus, two Guidelines can be considered the basis of the acquis communautaire for the field of the accounting...

The paper analyses a strategy for avoiding the disclosure of the financial statements of a limited partnership with a limited liability company as general partner (GmbH & Co. KG) according to German Commercial Code (HGB). It describes the formal process of the joining of a natural person as an...

The paper analyses the timing of disclosing financial statements for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Germany in 2007 and 2008. Comparisons of different regional areas and different company sizes are made and possible explanations for the results discussed. -- Rechnungslegungspolitik ;...

Recent trends in corporate board composition indicate an increase in the appointment of directors with legal expertise. Using two financial reporting quality measures, accruals quality and discretionary accruals, we find – for a sample of Russell 1000 firms in 2003 and 2005 – that the...

This paper examines whether the likelihood of accounting restatements is associated with the Big 4 industry auditor specialists, measured at both the partnerndash;level and audit firm-level leadership. We focus on a sample of listed firms in Taiwan where audit reports must be audited and signed...

This paper models firms' choices between alternative means of presenting information, and the effects of different presentations on market prices when investors have limited attention and processing power. In a market equilibrium with partially attentive investors, we examine the effects of...