International accounting and economic development : the interaction of accounting, economic, and social indicators / Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Contents Exhibits Preface 1 Accounting and Economic Developmen t2 Diversity in International Accounting 3 Accounting Information Adequacy and Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth: Cross-Country Evidence 4 Basic Needs and Economic Systems: A Sensitivity Analysis 5 Lending to Developing Countries and the "Welfare of Man": An Empirical Investigation 6 Economic Freedom, Human Development, and Accounting Disclosure Requirements of Global Stock Exchanges: An Empirical Investigation 7 Political, Financial, and Economic Risks and Accounting Disclosure Requirements of Global Stock Exchanges 8 Human Development, Economic Development, and Accounting Disclosure Requirements of Global Stock Exchanges: An Empirical Investigation 9 Managerial, Academic, and Professional Influences and Disclosure Adequacy: An Empirical Investigation 10 Welfare of the Common Man and Accounting Disclosure Adequacy: An Empirical Investigation 11 Levels of Financial Disclosure by European Firms and Relation to Country Return and Risk 12 Determinants of Prediction Performance of Earnings Forecasts Internationally: The Effects of Disclosure, Economic Risk, and Alignment of Financial and Tax Accounting 13 Economic, Political, and Civil Indicators and Reporting and Disclosure Adequacy: An Empirical Investigation 14 Disclosure Adequacy and Country Risk 15 The Effects of Country Return and Risk Differences on Prediction Performance of Earnings Forecasts 16 Cultural Studies and Accounting Research 17 Cultural Determinism and Systematic Risk of Global Stock Exchanges 18 Cultural Determinism and Compensation Practices 19 Cultural Determinism and Professional Self-Regulation in Accounting: A Comparative Ranking 20 Cultural Determinism and the Perception of Accounting Concepts 21 Economic Freedom and Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth: Cross-Country Evidence Index