Abstract. The Australian standard on investments in associated companies first took effect in 1984. It prohibited the use of equity accounting in the primary financial statements but required the provision of supplementary equity accounting disclosures. Prior to this, firms voluntarily adopted either of the alternative cost and equity methods in their primary financial statements. This paper contributes to the positive accounting literature by analyzing the accounting policy choice of listed Australian companies in the first year in which the standard took effect. Noncompliance with the standard took the form of either adopting the equity method in the primary financial statements or using the cost method without supplementary disclosures. ...
This paper empirically examines various incentives facing managers of Australian life insurers to vo...
An increasing number of recent accounting studies have verified that there are certain significant r...
Until reporting periods ending on or after 31 December 1997, disclosure of financial instruments was...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
WOS:000284413200004 (Nº de Acesso Web of Science)This paper examines whether the type of jointly con...
In 1995, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) changed its Generally Accepted Accou...
We examine to what extent firms adhere to the stated intent of noncompulsory accounting standards wh...
In 1995, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) changed its Generally Accepted Accou...
The adoption of International Accounting Standards is predicated upon the assumption that this will ...
Previous research asserts that companies that choose accounting methods more familiar to investors r...
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (I...
Cross-border financial statements can confuse users of financial statements, therefore the developme...
Abstract. This study investigates variations in covenants across different classes of preferred stoc...
This paper empirically examines various incentives facing managers of Australian life insurers to vo...
An increasing number of recent accounting studies have verified that there are certain significant r...
Until reporting periods ending on or after 31 December 1997, disclosure of financial instruments was...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
Until recently, Australian companies have been precluded from adopting equity accounting for investm...
WOS:000284413200004 (Nº de Acesso Web of Science)This paper examines whether the type of jointly con...
In 1995, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) changed its Generally Accepted Accou...
We examine to what extent firms adhere to the stated intent of noncompulsory accounting standards wh...
In 1995, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) changed its Generally Accepted Accou...
The adoption of International Accounting Standards is predicated upon the assumption that this will ...
Previous research asserts that companies that choose accounting methods more familiar to investors r...
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (I...
Cross-border financial statements can confuse users of financial statements, therefore the developme...
Abstract. This study investigates variations in covenants across different classes of preferred stoc...
This paper empirically examines various incentives facing managers of Australian life insurers to vo...
An increasing number of recent accounting studies have verified that there are certain significant r...
Until reporting periods ending on or after 31 December 1997, disclosure of financial instruments was...