Are IFRS-based and US GAAP-based Accounting Amounts Comparable? Mary E. Barth* Stanford University Wayne R. Landsman, Mark Lang University of North Carolina Christopher Williams University of Michigan August 2011 * Corresponding author: Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 94305-5015, mbarth@stanford.edu. We appreciate funding from the Center for Finance and Accounting Research, Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Center for Global Business and the Economy, Stanford Graduate
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http://www.eurojournals.com/EJEFAS.htm Relevance of Income Levels and Income Components for Determining Firm Value Hashem Valipour Assistant Professor, Accounting Department, Firouzabad Branch Islamic Azad University, Firouzabad, Iran Tel: 00989173086986 E-mail: h.valipour@gmail.com Alireza Shahabi Accounting Department, Marvdasht Branch Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran E-mail: arshahaby@gmail.com Javad Moradi Assistant Professor, Accounting Department, Marvdasht Branch Islamic Azad University
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Intermediate Accounting Chapter 1 * Essential characteristics of accounting are (1) the identification, measurement, and communication of financial information about (2) economic entities to (3) interested parties * Financial accounting – process that culminates in the preparation of financial reports on the enterprise for use by both internal and external parties * Users – investors, creditors, managers, unions, and government agencies * financial statements – (1) the
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Management and Financial Accounting The role of management accounting Management accounting differs from financial accounting in many respects: * Primary users * Management accounting information: managers, employees, supply chain partners * Financial accounting information: owners or stockholders, lenders, customers, government agencies * Report format * Management accounting: flexible format, driven by user’s needs * Financial accounting: based on generally accepted
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QUESTION ONE-ACCOUNTING REGULATION 16 Three Theories of Regulation 1: Public interest theory The central economic rationale for origins of government intervention with public interest theory is that of market failure. Public interest theory assumes that economic markets are subject to a series of market imperfections or transaction failures, which if left uncorrected will result in both inefficient and inequitable outcomes. 2: Regulatory Capture Theory Capture theory assumes that all members
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lack "meaning" and are therefore of doubtful utility.' The argument stems in part from the patchwork development of account- * University of Chicago. t University of Western Australia. The authors are indebted to the participants in the Workshop in Accounting Research at the Univer- sity of Chicago, Professor Myron Scholes, and Messrs. Owen Hewett and Ian Watts. 1 Versions of this particular argument appear in Canning (1929); Gilman (1939); Paton and Littleton (1940); Vatter (1947), Ch. 2; Edwards and
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Accounting Horizons Vol. 27, No. 2 2013 pp. 301–318 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/acch-50434 Capital Structure, Earnings Management, and Sarbanes-Oxley: Evidence from Canadian and U.S. Firms Kelly E. Carter SYNOPSIS: I examine Sarbanes-Oxley’s (SOX) effect on capital structure. I find that SOX is associated with higher long-term debt ratios, as firms listed in the U.S. raise their long-term debt ratios by 2 to 3 percentage points. This finding is consistent with the
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING UNIT – I MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING – SCOPE- STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE – NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM “The accounting people are expected to do things that are much more strategic and much more forward looking than they have been expected to do in the past”. INTRODUCTION1 Mission of Disney – “To offer quality entertainment that people seek out”. The Walt Disney Company has long been widely admired as visionary and well-managed
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Chapters 5 and 6 —Elasticity and Consumer Choice MULTIPLE CHOICE 202. A 15 percent increase in the price of beef reduces the quantity of beef consumed by 30 percent. Thus, the demand for beef is _______, and total consumer expenditure (or total firm revenue) will _______ as a result of the price increase. (Fill in the blanks.) a. elastic; increase * b. elastic; decrease c. inelastic; increase d. inelastic; decrease 203. Which of the following is true about
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requirement: Accounting and Reporting by Retirement Benefit Plans Assets for which recoverable amount is fair value less costs of disposal in accordance with IAS 36. DEFINITION OF FAIR VALUE Fair Value: measurement-date price received to sell and asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. Price The price is determined at measurement date under current market conditions (i.e. an exit price). This is regardless of whether that price is directly
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