7th Edition by William R. Scott, Patricia O'Brien
Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
, Contents
Chaptero1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 1
Chaptero2 AccountingoUnderoIdealoConditions .......................................................... 7
Chaptero3 TheoDecisionoUsefulnessoApproachotooFinancialoReporting ...................... 68
Chaptero4 EfficientoSecuritiesoMarkets.......................................................................129
Chaptero5 TheoValueoRelevanceoofoAccountingoInformation .....................................153
Chaptero6 TheoMeasurementoApproachotooDecisionoUsefulness ................................ 194
Chaptero7 MeasurementoApplications ........................................................................237
Chaptero8 TheoEfficientoContractingoApproachotooDecisionoUsefulness .................... 285
Chaptero9 AnoAnalysisoofoConflict .......................................................................... 321
Chaptero10ooExecutiveoCompensation ........................................................................ 371
Chaptero11ooEarningsoManagement ............................................................................ 425
Chaptero12ooStandardoSetting:oEconomicoIssues ......................................................... 487
Chaptero13ooStandardoSetting:oPoliticalo Issues............................................................ 527
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,Scott,oFinancialoAccountingoTheory Instructor’soSolutionsoManualoChaptero1
CHAPTERo1o
INTRODUCTION
1.1 TheoObjectiveoofoThisoBook
1.2 SomeoHistoricaloPerspective
1.3 Theo2007-2008oMarketoMeltdowns
1.4 EfficientoContracting
1.5 AoNoteoonoEthicaloBehaviour
1.6 Rules-Basedov.oPrinciples-BasedoAccountingoStandards
1.7 TheoComplexityoofoInformationoinoFinancialoAccountingoandoReporting
1.8 TheoRoleoofoAccountingoResearch
1.9 TheoImportanceoofoInformationoAsymmetry
1.10 TheoFundamentaloProblemoofoFinancialoAccountingoTheory
1.11 RegulationoasoaoReactionotootheoFundamentaloProblem
1.12 TheoOrganizationoofoThisoBook
1.12.1 IdealoConditions
1.12.2 AdverseoSelection
1.12.3 MoraloHazard
1.12.4 StandardoSetting
1.12.5 TheoProcessoofoStandardoSetting
1.13 RelevanceoofoFinancialoAccountingoTheoryotooAccountingoPractice
, Scott,oFinancialoAccountingoTheory Instructor’soSolutionsoManualoChaptero1
LEARNINGoOBJECTIVESoANDoSUGGESTEDoTEACHINGoAPPROACHES
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