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Regulatory Capture in the Globalisation of Accounting Standards

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  • Jayne M Godfrey
  • Ian A Langfield-Smith

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The Australian Financial Reporting Council recently shocked the world business community by unexpectedly announcing a change in the nation's approach to global-accounting-standards development. The change involved switching from ensuring consistency of Australian accounting standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) developed by the International Accounting Standards Board to outright adoption of IFRSs by 2005. At the time of the announcement, Australia had the most developed international harmonisation programme of any country with a well-developed financial reporting system. Events surrounding the change demonstrate how political the accounting standard-setting process can be as it continues to receive front-page media attention, and as it provides a platform in parliamentary and electoral debate. In the meantime, the US role in the global accounting standard-setting arena has moved through phases of indifference to potential active dominance, and European influences have waxed and waned. We examine whether swings in political and regulatory influences that occur when globalisation becomes a national and international goal are explained by regulatory capture theory. We also address the extent to which a subset of a single nation's regulatory system plays a key role in a series of larger national and international games. Drawing upon experiences in Australia, the United States, and the European Union, we identify political influences on initiatives to reform accounting-standard-setting environments, policies, and processes.

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  • Jayne M Godfrey & Ian A Langfield-Smith, 2005. "Regulatory Capture in the Globalisation of Accounting Standards," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 37(11), pages 1975-1993, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:37:y:2005:i:11:p:1975-1993
    DOI: 10.1068/a3790
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    1. Peter Collett & Jayne Godfrey & Sue Hrasky, 1998. "Standard-setting in Australia: Implications of Recent Radical Reform Proposals," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 8(16), pages 9-17, November.
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