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Emerging Common Law Decisions In Goodwill Accounting Regulation

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  • Radu-Daniel LOGHIN

    (ACADEMIA DE STUDII ECONOMICE BUCUREŞTI, ROMANIA)

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In respect to financial reporting, statutory accounting standards and regulations form only a part of the normative landscape. Considering the case of common law countries, besides these classic sources of norms and practices there is an alternative base for exercising the professional judgement of the accountant, the case law precedents which drive and supplement in cases accounting regulations. For the purpose of this paper, goodwill accounting is explored from a normative perspective which draws from case law precedents in Zimbabwe and South Africa, two emerging common law countries which share a rich common law heritage, resulting in a set of findings relevant to the understanding of the nature of goodwill as well as an understanding of the factors which lead to early adoption of International Accounting Standards.

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  • Radu-Daniel LOGHIN, 2014. "Emerging Common Law Decisions In Goodwill Accounting Regulation," SEA - Practical Application of Science, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 4, pages 275-288, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:seapas:y:2014:i:4:p:275-288
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    Keywords

    Goodwill; Common law; emerging markets; South Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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