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Which Accounting Regulation for Europe’s Economy and Society

Workshop organised by the Laboratory of Excellence on Financial Regulation (Labex ReFi) Under the auspices of the European Parliament, European Parliament, Strasbourg, 20 May 2015
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Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium
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Table of contents

  1. Presentation

  2. Opening Remarks

  3. First Panel on ‘Accounting Regulation and the Public Good’

  4. Second Panel on ‘Accounting for the European private sector: Reconsidering accounting objectives for economy and finance’

  5. Third Panel on ‘Accounting for the European public sector: Roundtable on the ongoing reform of European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)’

  6. References

Steering Committee

T.D. STOLOJAN (Member of the European Parliament)

R. HOINARU (European Parliament)

Organising Committee

Y. BIONDI (Cnrs – ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

I. GRAEFF (ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

R. GILLET (University Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, Labex ReFi)

Scientific Committee

A. BURLAUD (Cnam, Labex ReFi)

R. GILLET (University Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, Labex ReFi)

Ch. HOARAU (Cnam, Labex ReFi)

Ch. HOSSFELD (ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

D. MARTEAU (ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

F.-G. LE THEULE (ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

Presentation

In his October 2013 report, Mr Maystadt discussed the possibility of clarifying and expanding the ‘public good’ criterion in EU Accounting Framework, namely that: any accounting standards adopted should not jeopardise financial stability, and they must not hinder the EU’s economic development. He also suggested that more thorough analysis of compliance with the criteria of prudence and respect for the public good was needed. Since 2013, the European Commission further announced a ten-years assessment of the application of the International Accounting Standards (IFRS) in Europe, as well as an harmonisation project for European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS) led by Eurostat. By convening together leading scholars and policy-makers, this workshop aims to contribute to this debate about the consequences of accounting regulation for Europe’s economy and society, concerning both public and private sectors.

Opening Remarks

STOLOJAN, Theodor Dumitru (Member of the European Parliament)

KAMALL, Syed (Member of the European Parliament)

THEURER, Michael (Member of the European Parliament)

DE CAMBOURG, Patrick (President of the Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC))

BOUTELLIS-TAFT, Olivier (CEO of the Federation of European Accountants)

Moderator: F-G. LE THEULE (ESCP Europe, Labex ReFi)

First Panel on ‘Accounting Regulation and the Public Good’

Keywords: financial stability, prudence, fair value accounting, procyclicality, stakeholders’ needs, accounting entity, accountability, financial and extra-financial information and reporting, transnational accounting and global financial markets, accounting standards-setting governance

Moderator: C. HASLAM (Queen Mary University of London)

MAYSTADT, Philippe (former President of the European Investment Bank)

MERRIMAN, Niall and Claudia SCHWARZ (European Central Bank)

RAMANNA, Karthik (Harvard Business School)

SUNDER, Shyam (Yale University)

Second Panel on ‘Accounting for the European private sector: Reconsidering accounting objectives for economy and finance’

Keywords: long-term investment, procyclicality, fundamental performance, managerial evaluation and incentive, comparability

Moderator: S. SUNDER (Yale University)

BIONDI, Yuri (Cnrs and Labex ReFi) – opening remarks

CANZIANI, Arnaldo (Brescia University)

RICHARD, Jacques (University Paris Dauphine PSL and Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC) Committee)

HASLAM, Colin (Queen Mary University of London)

Third Panel on ‘Accounting for the European public sector: Roundtable on the ongoing reform of European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)’

Keywords: accounting standards-setting governance, public debt and deficit measurement and control, accounting standards and national statistics, fiscal sustainability and public borrowing, accounting and coordination of tax and debt policies, accounting for pension obligations

Moderator: Riccardo MUSSARI (Siena University)

BIONDI, Yuri (Cnrs and Labex ReFi) – opening remarks

CALMEL, Marie-Pierre (Conseil de normalisation des comptes publics (CNOCP))

HEALD, David (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow)

CAPERCHIONE, Eugenio (Modena University and Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research Network (CIGAR))

Funding statement: Investissements d’Avenir Paris Nouveaux Mondes (Investments for the future Paris – New Worlds) (Grant /Award Number: ‘ANR-11-IDEX-0006-02’); Labex ReFi /PRES heSam (Grant /Award Number: ‘ANR-10-LABX-0095’).

Acknowledgement

Program of the international workshop on “Which accounting regulation for Europe’s economy and society?” organised under the auspices of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on 20 May 2015, in tribute to Mr Jérôme Haas (1963 – 2014), first chairman of the Accounting Standards Authority of France (ANC). It was organised by the Laboratory of Excellence on Financial Regulation (Labex ReFi), which is supported by PRES heSam under the reference ANR-10-LABX-0095.

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Published Online: 2017-02-21
Published in Print: 2017-10-26

© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Which Accounting Regulation for Europe’s Economy and Society
  4. Opening Remarks
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Accountancy, Accountability and Practice
  9. Accounting Regulation and the Public Good
  10. Why and How EFRAG was Reformed
  11. A Speech on “Why Accounting Matters: A Central Bank Perspective”
  12. Thin Political Markets in Accounting and Beyond: Lessons for Leadership Education
  13. Financial Regulation for a Better Society
  14. Open Debate on Accounting Regulation and the Public Good
  15. Accounting for the European Private Sector: Reconsidering Accounting Objectives for Economy and Finance
  16. Accounting for Europe’s Economy and Society: Considerations for Financial Stability, Economic Development and the Public Good
  17. On the Accounting Regulation for the European Private Sector
  18. The Need to Reform the Dangerous IFRS System of Accounting
  19. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Stress Testing in Financialized Reporting Entities
  20. Open Debate on Accounting for the European Private Sector
  21. Accounting for the European Public Sector: Roundtable on the Ongoing Reform of European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)
  22. Harmonising European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS): Issues and Perspectives
  23. France Supports Accrual Accounting For The Public Sector
  24. Challenges for European Public Sector Accounting
  25. Italian Public Sector Accounting Reform: A Step Towards European Public Sector Accounting Harmonisation
  26. European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)
  27. Open Debate on Accounting for the European Public Sector
https://doi.org/10.1515/ael-2017-0026

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Which Accounting Regulation for Europe’s Economy and Society
  4. Opening Remarks
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Accountancy, Accountability and Practice
  9. Accounting Regulation and the Public Good
  10. Why and How EFRAG was Reformed
  11. A Speech on “Why Accounting Matters: A Central Bank Perspective”
  12. Thin Political Markets in Accounting and Beyond: Lessons for Leadership Education
  13. Financial Regulation for a Better Society
  14. Open Debate on Accounting Regulation and the Public Good
  15. Accounting for the European Private Sector: Reconsidering Accounting Objectives for Economy and Finance
  16. Accounting for Europe’s Economy and Society: Considerations for Financial Stability, Economic Development and the Public Good
  17. On the Accounting Regulation for the European Private Sector
  18. The Need to Reform the Dangerous IFRS System of Accounting
  19. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Stress Testing in Financialized Reporting Entities
  20. Open Debate on Accounting for the European Private Sector
  21. Accounting for the European Public Sector: Roundtable on the Ongoing Reform of European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)
  22. Harmonising European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS): Issues and Perspectives
  23. France Supports Accrual Accounting For The Public Sector
  24. Challenges for European Public Sector Accounting
  25. Italian Public Sector Accounting Reform: A Step Towards European Public Sector Accounting Harmonisation
  26. European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)
  27. Open Debate on Accounting for the European Public Sector
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