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@#@Conceptualframeworksofaccountingfromaninformationperspective@#@Abstract@#@Thispaperanalysesthebenefitsofaccountingregulationandaconceptualframeworkusinganinformationeconomicsapproachthatallowsconsiderationofuncertainty,multipleagents,demandforinformation,andmultipleinformationsources.Italsoallowsprivateinformationtoentertheanalysis.Theanalysisleadstoasetoffundamentalpropertiesofaccountinginformation.Itisarguedthatthesetofqualitativecharacteristicstypicallycontainedinconceptualframeworksdoesnotadequatelyaggregatetheinformationdemandsofusersofaccountinginformation.Forexample,theIASB'@#@sconceptualframeworkcontainsnoguidelinesforthetrade-offbetweenrelevanceandreliability.Furthermore,neutralitymightnotbepartofanoptimalregulation.Thestatisticalbiasintroducedbythestewardshipuseofaccountinginformationisnotnecessarilyundesirableandwillalwaysremain;@#@stewardshipisthecharacteristicofaccountinginformationthatprovidesincentivesformanagementtoactinthedesiredway.Accountinginformationisinherentlylatecomparedtootherinformationsourcesbutinfluencesandconstrainsthecontentofmoretimelysources.Theaccountingsystemdoesnotexistinavacuum.Otherinformationsourcesarepresentandthepurposeoftheaccountingsystemcannotbeanalyzedwithoutconsideringtheexistenceofotherinformationsources.Finally,financialstatementsareauditedbyanindependentauditor.Thisimpliesthataccountingdataarehardtomanipulate.@#@Introduction@#@ThequestionIhavebeenaskedtoaddressishowconceptualframeworkscontributetothequalityofcorporatereportingregulation.Thisisbynomeansaneasytask.InthepaperIshallattempttoshowthatananswerrequiresidentificationoftheconceptofqualityofcorporatereporting,ofthepurposeoftheconceptualframework,andofthebenefitsofreportingregulation.Inordertounderstandtheconceptofthequalityofcorporatereportingitisimportanttoanalyzethefundamentalcharacteristicsofaccountinginformationanditslimitations.@#@Previousworkhasshownthat,inasinglefirmsetting,theaccountingsystemhastobefinelytunedtothespecificsoftheorganizationanditsenvironment,includingtheeconomicsofthefirm,thedecisionproblemsathand,theprivateinformationofthe-partiesinvolved,thepublicinformation,andthemoralhazardproblemsoftheorganization.Furthermore,theworldcontainsmanyfirmsandmanydecision-makers.@#@ItisimpossibletoconstructanincomemeasurethatreflectstrueincomeasdefinedbyHicks(1946)whenmarketsarenotperfectandcomplete(BeaverandDemski,1979).Suchameasuredoesnotexist.Rather,accountingshouldbeviewedasaninformationsystemasacknowledgedbybothFASBandIASBintheiroriginalconceptualframeworks(FASB,1978;@#@IASC,1989).Unfortunately,thereisnouniversalrankingofinformationsystems(ChristensenandDemski,2003).Inaddition,itiswellknownthatnorationalpreferencerelationdescribesthedecisionprocessofsociety(Arrow,1951).Theaccountingsystemistheresultofadelicatebalancingofthepossibilitiesimbeddedintheaccountingsystemandthedemandsoftheusers.Thisbalancingisnotentirelyofatechnicalnatureasitcallsforbalancingofpreferencesofthepartiesinvolved.Suchbalancingcannotbeachievedbytechnicalrule-makingandisinevitablytheresultofapoliticaldecisionprocess.@#@Theaccountingincomenumberreportsfirmspecificfinancialinformationtothemarketandthusreducestheinformationasymmetryinthemarket.Thepaperconsidershowinformationissimultaneouslyusedbyinvestorstomakedecisionsandtoinduceorinfluencemanagementtobehaveoptimallyortousetheentity'@#@sresourcesefficiently.Thedecision-influencingroledistortsthereportingincentives.Oncetheaccountinginformationisusedforperformanceevaluation(orfordecisionsregardingreplacementofmanagement),incentivesforearningsmanagementarise(BurgstahlerandDichev,1997;@#@Grahametal.,2005).Thereasonisthatthefinancialstatementsincludereportingofprivateinformationbymanagementaspartoftheaccruals.Auditingreducesthisproblemtosomeextent.Managersoftenhaveaninformationaladvantageovertheauditorsandthispreventstheproblemfrombeingcompletelyeliminated.@#@Arelatedquestionishowtheaccountingsystembestcomplementsotherinformationsources.Thefinancialstatementswillalwaysbepublishedlatecomparedtootherinformationsources.Thisisduetothenatureoffinancialstatementsasalltransactionsmustbeprocessedandauditedbeforethestatementsarereleased.Incontrast,management'@#@sforecastmightbetimely.Theprimepurposeoffinancialstatementsmightbetoprovideincentivesforreportingofothertypesofinformatio