7th Edition by William R. Scott, Patricia O'Brien
Chapters 1 - 13, Complete
, Contents
Chapteri1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 1
Chapteri2 AccountingiUnderiIdealiConditions ........................................................... 7
Chapteri3 TheiDecisioniUsefulnessiApproachitoiFinancialiReporting ........................ 68
Chapteri4 EfficientiSecuritiesiMarkets .......................................................................129
Chapteri5 TheiValueiRelevanceiofiAccountingiInformation .......................................153
Chapteri6 TheiMeasurementiApproachitoiDecisioniUsefulness ..................................194
Chapteri7 MeasurementiApplications.........................................................................237
Chapteri8 TheiEfficientiContractingiApproachitoiDecisioniUsefulness ...................... 285
Chapteri9 AniAnalysisiofiConflict ........................................................................... 321
Chapteri10iiExecutiveiCompensation .......................................................................... 371
Chapteri11iiEarningsiManagement .............................................................................. 425
Chapteri12iiStandardiSetting:iEconomiciIssues ........................................................... 487
Chapteri13iiStandardiSetting:iPoliticaliIssues .............................................................. 527
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,Scott,iFinancialiAccountingiTheory Instructor’siSolutionsiManualiChapteri1
CHAPTERi1iI
NTRODUCTION
1.1 TheiObjectiveiofiThisiBook
1.2 SomeiHistoricaliPerspective
1.3 Thei2007-2008iMarketiMeltdowns
1.4 EfficientiContracting
1.5 AiNoteioniEthicaliBehaviour
1.6 Rules-Basediv.iPrinciples-BasediAccountingiStandards
1.7 TheiComplexityiofiInformationiiniFinancialiAccountingiandiReporting
1.8 TheiRoleiofiAccountingiResearch
1.9 TheiImportanceiofiInformationiAsymmetry
1.10 TheiFundamentaliProblemiofiFinancialiAccountingiTheory
1.11 RegulationiasiaiReactionitoitheiFundamentaliProblem
1.12 TheiOrganizationiofiThisiBook
1.12.1 IdealiConditions
1.12.2 AdverseiSelection
1.12.3 MoraliHazard
1.12.4 StandardiSetting
1.12.5 TheiProcessiofiStandardiSetting
1.13 RelevanceiofiFinancialiAccountingiTheoryitoiAccountingiPractice
, Scott,iFinancialiAccountingiTheory Instructor’siSolutionsiManualiChapteri1
LEARNINGiOBJECTIVESiANDiSUGGESTEDiTEACHINGiAPPROACHES
1. TheiBroadiOutlineiofitheiBook
IiuseiFigurei1.1iasiaitemplateitoidescribeitheibroadioutlineiofitheibook.iSinceitheistud
entsitypicallyihaveinotihadiaichanceitoireadiChapteri1iinitheifirsticourseisession,iIistic
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TheimajoripointsiIidiscussiare:
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basediaccountingiisinatural.iIigoioveritheiidealiconditionsineedediforisu
chiaibasisiofiaccountingitoibeifeasible,ibutidoinotigoiintoimuchidetailibec
auseithisitopiciisicoverediinigreateridepthiiniChapteri2.
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roblemsiofiadverseiselectioniandimoralihazard.iTheseiproblemsiareib
asicitoitheibookiandiIifeeliitiisidesirableiforitheistudentsitoihaveiai“firstigo
”iatithemiatithisipoint.iIiconcentrateionitheiintuitioniunderlyingitheitwoipr
oblems.iForiexample,iadverseiselectionicanibeiillustratedibyiaskingiwh
oiwouldibeifirstiinilineitoipurchaseilifeiinsuranceiifithereiwasinoimedicali
examination,ioriwhatiqualityiofiusedicarsiareilikelyitoibeibroughtitoimar
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iinithisicourseiifithereiwereinoiexams.
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ntiforigranted.iIidiscussitheiproceduresiofistandardisettingibrieflyiandip
ointioutithatithisiisireallyiaiprocessiofiregulation.iInitheipast,ithereihavei
beeniwell-
knownicasesiofideregulation,isuchiasiairlines,itrucking,ifinancialiinstit
utions,ipowerigeneration.iHowever,iweiareienteringiwhatiisilikelyitoibei
aiperiodiofiincreasingiregulation,iatileastiforifinancialiinstitutions.iInstru
ctors