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FinancialAccounting h h
Theory
Seventh Edition h
William R. Scott h h
University of Waterloo
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Toronto
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, Contents
Chapterh1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 1
Chapterh2 AccountinghUnderhIdealhConditions ........................................................... 7
Chapterh3 ThehDecisionhUsefulnesshApproachhtohFinancialhReporting ....................... 68
Chapterh4 EfficienthSecuritieshMarkets ....................................................................... 129
Chapterh5 ThehValuehRelevancehofhAccountingh Information ...................................... 153
Chapterh6 ThehMeasurementhApproachhtohDecisionhUsefulness ................................. 194
Chapterh7 MeasurementhApplications ......................................................................... 237
Chapterh8 ThehEfficienthContractinghApproachhtohDecisionhUsefulness ..................... 285
Chapterh9 AnhAnalysishofhConflict ............................................................................ 321
Chapterh10h ExecutivehCompensation .......................................................................... 371
Chapterh11h EarningshManagement .............................................................................. 425
Chapterh12h StandardhSetting:hEconomichIssues ........................................................... 487
Chapterh13h StandardhSetting:hPoliticalhIssues .............................................................. 527
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CHAPTER 1 INTROD
H H
UCTION
1.1 ThehObjectivehofhThishBook
1.2 Someh HistoricalhPerspective
1.3 Theh2007-2008hMarkethMeltdowns
1.4 EfficienthContracting
1.5 AhNotehonhEthicalhBehaviour
1.6 Rules-Basedh v.h Principles-Basedh Accountingh Standards
1.7 ThehComplexityhofhInformationhinhFinancialhAccountinghandhReporting
1.8 ThehRolehofhAccountinghResearch
1.9 ThehImportancehofhInformationhAsymmetry
1.10 ThehFundamentalhProblemhofhFinancialhAccountinghTheory
1.11 RegulationhashahReactionhtohthehFundamentalhProblem
1.12 ThehOrganizationhofhThishBook
1.12.1 IdealhConditions
1.12.2 Adverseh Selection
1.12.3 MoralhHazard
1.12.4 StandardhSetting
1.12.5 ThehProcesshofh StandardhSetting
1.13 RelevancehofhFinancialhAccountinghTheoryhtohAccountinghPractice
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND SUGGESTED TEACHING APPROACHES
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lhbecausehthishtopichishcoveredhinhgreaterhdepthhinhChapterh2.
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ghproblemshofhadversehselectionhandhmoralhhazard.hThesehproblemsh
arehbasichtohthehbookhandhIhfeelhithishdesirablehforhthehstudentshtohhavehah
“firsthgo”haththemhaththishpoint.hIhconcentratehonhthehintuitionhunderlyingh
thehtwohproblems.hForhexample,hadversehselectionhcanhbehillustratedh
byhaskinghwhohwouldhbehfirsthinhlinehtohpurchasehlifehinsurancehifhthereh
washnohmedicalhexamination,horhwhathqualityhofhusedhcarsharehlikelyhtoh
behbroughthtohmarket.hForhmoralhhazardhIhtryhtohpinhthemhdownhonhhow
hardhtheyhwouldhworkhinhthishcoursehifhtherehwerehnohexams.
• Thehenvironmenthinhwhichhfinancialhaccountinghandhreportinghoperat
es.hMyhmainhgoalhaththishpointhishthaththehstudentshdohnothtakehthishenvir
onmenthforhgranted.hIhdiscusshthehprocedureshofhstandardhsettinghbrie
flyhandhpointhouththaththishishreallyhahprocesshofhregulation.hInhthehpast,ht
herehhavehbeenhwell-
knownhcaseshofhderegulation,hsuchhashairlines,htrucking,hfinancialhinsti
tutions,hpowerhgeneration.hHowever,hweharehenteringhwhathishlikelyht
ohbehahperiodhofhincreasinghregulation,hathleasthforhfinancialhinstitutions
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