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A taxonomy of the perceived benefits of accrual accounting and budgeting: Evidence from German states

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  • Sebastian D. Becker

    (department of finance and accounting, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)

  • Tobias Jagalla

    (department of finance and accounting, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)

  • Jürgen Weber

    (department of finance and accounting, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)

Abstract

Accrual Output-Based Budgeting (AOBB) in government has been disputed intensely among academics and practitioners. While normative, conceptual, or theory-based literature made promising claims about which benefits can be expected from reforming government accounting and budgeting, recent empirical research finds that at least some of these expectations have been massively overstated. The observed gap between promises and reality poses the question for the true benefits anew. Basing our analysis on practitioners' judgment, we suggest a general and prioritized landscape of perceived benefits (taxonomy). Our findings are derived from 42 interviews conducted in the context of two German federal states. Mapping our results to prior claims in the literature, we reveal that the practitioners interviewed do not see upsides in areas that former research deems to be important while other and previously not emphasized areas, such as mindset changes, seem to convince in practical life. The results of our analysis offer a profound basis for further exploration of the benefits and/or even cost/benefit evaluations.

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  • Sebastian D. Becker & Tobias Jagalla & Jürgen Weber, 2011. "A taxonomy of the perceived benefits of accrual accounting and budgeting: Evidence from German states," Post-Print hal-00623217, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00623217
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2011.00520.x
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    1. Oulasvirta, Lasse, 2014. "The reluctance of a developed country to choose International Public Sector Accounting Standards of the IFAC. A critical case study," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 272-285.
    2. Khoirul Aswar, 2019. "Factors on the Accrual Accounting Adoption: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia," International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), International Hellenic University (IHU), Kavala Campus, Greece (formerly Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology - EMaTTech), vol. 12(3), pages 36-42, December.
    3. Raffer, Christian, 2020. "Accrual Accounting and the Local Government Budget - A Matching Evaluation," VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics 224630, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    4. Bernhard Hirsch & Christian Nitzl & Stefan Reemts, 2018. "The neglected mediating role of self-efficacy in the goal setting process in local public administrations," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 88(1), pages 41-63, January.
    5. Khoirul Aswar & Siti Zabedah Saidin, 2018. "Accrual Accounting Adoption In Java Municipalities: An Empirical Investigation," International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), International Hellenic University (IHU), Kavala Campus, Greece (formerly Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology - EMaTTech), vol. 11(3), pages 24-30, December.
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    7. Guido Modugno & Ferdinando Di Carlo & Manuela Lucchese, 2022. "Causes and Effects of Processes’ Complexity in Public Institutions: Some Experiences from Italian Universities," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, March.

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