China, as the largest emerging economy in the world, began its accounting reforms in the early 1990s. It is not known, however, whether its accounting reforms, intended to harmonize with the International Accounting Standard (IAS, now known as IFRS), have been successful and what the impact of the reform on Chinese listed firms is. This book empirically assessed the status and progress of the harmonization of Chinese GAAPs with IFRS, and whether Chinese listed firms' accounting practices has been improved with the harmonization of accounting standards. The findings of this study should...
China, as the largest emerging economy in the world, began its accounting reforms in the early 1990s. It is not known, however, whether its accounting...
