2001Soclal Science Journal of Xiangtan Polytechnic UniversityRequires access

On the public choice in the choice of accounting policies

Dai Feng-xiang

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s: The accounting policies of the firms are the sp ecific accounting principles, base ,convention, rules when the financial figures are draw up.Enterprise shall choose their financial policies which are consider ed most appropriate to present fairly the financial statements of the enterprise . The public goods characteristics of accounting information and accounting stan dards decide that the choices of accounting policies must be a social public cho ice. Every social groups do their best to maximize their own benefit in course of selection of accounting policies, so the choice of accounting policies become a lots of games and contests with economic benefit and political consequence.

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s: The accounting policies of the firms are the sp ecific accounting principles, base ,convention, rules when the financial figures are draw up.Enterprise shall choose their financial policies which are consider ed most appropriate to present fairly the financial statements of the enterprise . The public goods characteristics of accounting information and accounting stan dards decide that the choices of accounting policies must be a social public cho ice. Every social groups do their best to maximize their own benefit in course of selection of accounting policies, so the choice of accounting policies become a lots of games and contests with economic benefit and political consequence.

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s: The accounting policies of the firms are the sp ecific accounting principles, base ,convention, rules when the financial figures are draw up.Enterprise shall choose their financial policies which are consider ed most appropriate to present fairly the financial statements of the enterprise . The public goods characteristics of accounting information and accounting stan dards decide that the choices of accounting policies must be a social public cho ice. Every social groups do their best to maximize their own benefit in course of selection of accounting policies, so the choice of accounting policies become a lots of games and contests with economic benefit and political consequence.

Key concepts: Accounting, Accounting standard, Accounting information system, Financial accounting, Mark-to-market accounting, Convention, Constraints accounting, Positive accounting

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