How arbitrary are international accounting classifications? Lessons from centuries of classifying in many disciplines, and experiments with IFRS data

Christopher Nobes; Christian Stadler

doi:10.1016/j.aos.2013.10.001

How arbitrary are international accounting classifications? Lessons from centuries of classifying in many disciplines, and experiments with IFRS data

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	573-595
Number of pages	23
Journal	Accounting, Organizations and Society
Volume	38
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2013.10.001
Publication status	Published - Nov 2013

Keywords

CORPORATE REPORTING REGULATION
POLICY CHOICE
HARMONIZATION DEBATE
EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS
PRINCIPLES
COUNTRIES
DISCLOSURE
EARNINGS
FINANCE
MODEL

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