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Financial Accounting Theory
7th Edition, William R. Scott

, 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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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

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LEARNINGiOBJECTIVESiANDiSUGGESTEDiTEACHINGiAPPROACHES

1. TheiBroadiOutlineiofitheiBook

IiuseiFigurei1.1iasiaitemplateitoidescribeitheibroadioutlineiofitheibook.iSinceitheistu
dentsitypicallyihaveinotihadiaichanceitoireadiChapteri1iinitheifirsticourseisession,iIist
ickifairlyicloselyitoitheichapterimaterial.

TheimajoripointsiIidiscussiare:

• Accountingiinianiidealisetting.iHere,ipresent-value-
basediaccountingiisinatural.iIigoioveritheiidealiconditionsineedediforis
uchiaibasisiofiaccountingitoibeifeasible,ibutidoinotigoiintoimuchidetailib
ecauseithisitopiciisicoverediinigreateridepthiiniChapteri2.

• Aniintroductionitoitheiconceptiofiinformationiasymmetryiandiresultingi
problemsiofiadverseiselectioniandimoralihazard.iTheseiproblemsiarei
basicitoitheibookiandiIifeeliitiisidesirableiforitheistudentsitoihaveiai“firsti
go”iatithemiatithisipoint.iIiconcentrateionitheiintuitioniunderlyingitheitw
oiproblems.iForiexample,iadverseiselectionicanibeiillustratedibyiaskin
giwhoiwouldibeifirstiinilineitoipurchaseilifeiinsuranceiifithereiwasinoime
dicaliexamination,ioriwhatiqualityiofiusedicarsiareilikelyitoibeibroughtit
oimarket.iForimoralihazardiIitryitoipinithemidownionihowiharditheyiwoul
diworkiinithisicourseiifithereiwereinoiexams.

• Theienvironmentiiniwhichifinancialiaccountingiandireportingioperates
.iMyimainigoaliatithisipointiisithatitheistudentsidoinotitakeithisienvironm
entiforigranted.iIidiscussitheiproceduresiofistandardisettingibrieflyiand
i pointioutithatithisiisireallyiaiprocessiofiregulation.iInitheipast,ithereihav
eibeeniwell-
knownicasesiofideregulation,isuchiasiairlines,itrucking,ifinancialiinstit
utions,ipowerigeneration.iHowever,iweiareienteringiwhatiisilikelyitoibei
aiperiodiofiincreasingiregulation,iatileastiforifinancialiinstitutions.iInstr
uctors