Title: Orientation Conflict of Accounting Standards Setting
Abstract:Since Enron's case, it has been taken for granted that just like Enron, listed companies can use roles-based accounting standards to manage earnings by devising transactions to elude standards, and li...Since Enron's case, it has been taken for granted that just like Enron, listed companies can use roles-based accounting standards to manage earnings by devising transactions to elude standards, and listed companies can't use principles-based standards to manage earnings. What is the fact? The paper discusses on earnings management changes of listed companies taking advantage of non-monetary transactions around the time when Non-monetary Transaction Standard changes. It makes the conclusion that under the principle of principles-based accounting standards, listed companies can manage earnings by taking advantage of professional judgment granted by principles-based accounting standards; while under the principle of roles-based accounting standards, listed companies can elude standards by devising transactions to form orientation conflict accounting standards setting.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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