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List Books » Developments in the International Harmonization of Accounting (New Library of International Accounting Series), Vol. 4
Authors: Christopher W. Nobes
ISBN-13: 9781843760979, ISBN-10: 1843760975
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Elgar, Edward Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Acknowledgements | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | Harmonisation of Accounting Measurement Practices in the European Community | 3 |
2 | The Measurement of Harmonisation and the Comparability of Financial Statement Items: Within-Country and Between-Country Effects | 16 |
3 | A Statistical Model of International Accounting Harmonization | 30 |
4 | International Accounting Harmonization and the Major Developed Stock Market Countries: An Empirical Study | 59 |
5 | An Approach for Measuring the Degree of Comparability of Financial Accounting Information | 70 |
6 | International Harmony Measures of Accounting Policy: Comparative Statistical Properties | 91 |
7 | Evaluating the Statistical Significance of De Facto Accounting Harmonization: A Study of European Global Players | 105 |
8 | Measurement of Harmony of Financial Reporting Within and Between Countries: The Case of the Nordic Countries | 126 |
9 | The Influence of U.S. GAAP on the Harmony of Accounting Measurement Policies of Large Companies in the U.K. and Australia | 148 |
10 | Measurement of Formal Harmonisation in Accounting: An Exploratory Study | 180 |
11 | Profit Measurement and UK Accounting Standards: A Case of Increasing Disharmony in Relation to US GAAP and IASs' | 195 |
12 | Harmonisation of Financial Reporting before the European Company Law Directives: The Case of the Nordic Companies Act | 217 |
13 | Harmonizing the Notes in the UK and France: A Case Study in De Jure Harmonization | 230 |
14 | Some Mysteries Relating to the Prudence Principle in the Fourth Directive and in German and British Law | 251 |
15 | The True and Fair View Override in the European Accounting Directives | 264 |
16 | "True and Fair" in the Netherlands: Inzicht or Getrouw Beeld? | 274 |
17 | The True and Fair View Requirement in Recent National Implementations | 300 |
18 | The Reintroduction of the True and Fair Override and Harmonization with IASC Standards in Australia: Lessons from the EU and Implications for Financial Reporting and International Trade | 308 |
19 | International Harmonization: Cautions from the Australian Experience | 322 |
20 | European Union Accounting Harmonization: The Case of Leased Assets in the United Kingdom and Germany | 334 |
21 | Accounting for Brands in France and Germany Compared with IAS 38 (Intangible Assets): An Illustration of the Difficulty of International Harmonization | 344 |
22 | Harmonization of the Structure of Audit Firms: Incorporation in the UK and Germany | 365 |
23 | Why Not Allow FASB and IASB Standards to Compete in the U.S.? | 389 |
24 | "Political" Lobbying on Proposed Standards: A Challenge to the IASB | 404 |
Name Index | 417 |