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Towards convergence of government financial statistics and accounting in Europe at central and local levels

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  • Dasí González, Rosa Mª
  • Montesinos Julve, Vicente
  • Vela Bargues, Jose Manuel

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The main aim of this paper is to study the convergence between micro and macro systems of government accounting information, looking to contribute to the analysis of accounting harmonization process in the EU, as a tool to improve the comparability of financial, budgetary, and aggregated statistical reports, in order to improve social, political and economic decision-making and accountability. All this is obviously located in the current context of the EU, with a high degree of harmonization of accounting standards between the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), and those applied for the preparation of national accounts, ruled by European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010).

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  • Dasí González, Rosa Mª & Montesinos Julve, Vicente & Vela Bargues, Jose Manuel, 2018. "Towards convergence of government financial statistics and accounting in Europe at central and local levels," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 140-149.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spacre:v:21:y:2018:i:2:p:140-149
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsar.2017.10.001
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    Keywords

    ESA 2010; ESA 95; Governmental accounting; Systems of national accounts; Government financial statistics; Accrual accounting; International accounting convergence; SEC-2010; SEC-95; Contabilidad pública; Sistemas de contabilidad nacional; Estadísticas de finanzas públicas; Contabilidad de devengo; Convergencia contable internacional;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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