Worldwide Financial Reporting: The Development and Future of Accounting Standards

by George J. Benston, Robert E. Litan, Alfred Wagenhofer, et al.

International accounting standards tend to converge, as do auditing, enforcement and corporate governance, whereas trading of equity shares remains essentially national. The book provides a thorough analysis of what information investors really need, how financial accounting systems developed
and their current requirements in major commercial countries, and examines current issues, particularly the benefits and costs a single or multiple accounting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195305833
• ISBN13: 9780195305838
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"