Accounting - Sem in Financial Acctng Rsh I

Catalog description

Students will gain in-depth knowledge of specific streams of financial accounting research. Topics may vary over tie depending upon the interests of the students and instructor. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): the role of financial reporting in corporate governance and debt contracting determinants and effects of financial reporting standards; the financial reporting environment including regulation; measuring financial reporting quality; the role of financial reporting and analysis in securities pricing; and the inter-relations among financial reporting of taxes and tax reporting to government authorities.