Arbeitspapier
The role of accounting in the German financial system
This chapter analyzes the role of financial accounting in the German financial system. It starts from the common perception that German accounting is rather 'uninformative'. This characterization is appropriate from the perspective of an arm's length or outside investor and when confined to the financial statements per se. But it is no longer accurate when a broader perspective is adopted. The German accounting system exhibits several arrangements that privately communicate information to insiders, notably the supervisory board. Due to these features, the key financing and contracting parties seem reasonably well informed. The same cannot be said about outside investors relying primarily on public disclosure. A descriptive analysis of the main elements of the Germany system and a survey of extant empirical accounting research generally support these arguments.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CFS Working Paper ; No. 2003/16
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Accounting
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- Thema
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Accounting
Disclosure
Germany
Standards
Survey
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Leuz, Christian
Wüstemann, Jens
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
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Frankfurt a. M.
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-10219
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Leuz, Christian
- Wüstemann, Jens
- Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Entstanden
- 2003
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