The aim of this study was investigate the heuristics presence in budgetary practices. The initial hypothesis highlighted was the heuristics use in budgetary processes, where the change in the level of bias was analyzed according to the level of individual's involvement. The second hypothesis...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a compreensão dos estudantes dos Cursos Ciências Contábeis em Salvador - (SSA-BA) sobre o conceito de passivo ambiental. Além do mais, busca entender como o ensino da disciplina Teoria da Contabilidade contribui na discussão desse...

Portuguese abstract: Frente à lacuna por que passa a teoria contábil que não conta com um corpo de conhecimentos consolidado, discutir alguns delineamentos significativos para pesquisa é uma forma de fomentar um entendimento mais loquaz do atual estado da arte neste campo do conhecimento e...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é analisar a eventual presença do efeito framing em práticas relacionadas ao orçamento empresarial. Adicionalmente, busca-se investigar se um maior grau de envolvimento com as atividades relativas ao orçamento é marcado por efeito...

The goal of this study is to measure possible correlations between age, gender and education variables and the existence of cognitive biases in budgeting decisions. The concepts developed by Kahneman and Tversky about the heuristics were used as theoretical support for the base of this research....

This research investigated the impact that environmental disasters have on the volume of socio-environmental disclosure and investments of Brazilian companies from 1997 to 2012. News on environmental disasters was collected through a search engine, the companies responsible for the disasters...

This article reviews the recent academic literature on earnings management (EM) in Brazil. The objective is to identify the main research themes addressed in the Brazilian context and the results of interest to users and preparers of financial statements. It is hoped that this study will also be...