Edited by the late Sally Aisbitt, formerly Senior Lecturer in Accountancy, The Open University Business School, UK and Lisa Evans, University of Stirling, UK

'The book is like a good box of assorted chocolates - rich, various, full of contrast and surprises, a pleasure from beginning to end! The collection will be useful to both students and academics, consistent with the editors' aim.'

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction Whither European Accounting? Sally Aisbitt and Lisa EvansPART ITRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES AND ‘NEW EUROPEANS’ 1. W. Seal, P. Sucher and I. Zelenka (1996), ‘Post-Socialist Transition and the Development of an Accountancy Profession in the Czech Republic’2. K. Illés, P. Weetman, A.H. Clarkson and M. Fraser (1996), ‘Change and Choice in Hungarian Accounting Practice: An Exploratory Study of the Accounting Law of 1991’3. Alicja A. Jaruga and Anna Szychta (1997), ‘The Origin and Evolution of Charts of Accounts in Poland’4. N. King, A. Beattie, A.-M. Cristescu and P. Weetman (2001), ‘Developing Accounting and Audit in a Transition Economy: The Romanian Experience’5. Peter Daniel, Zuzana Suranova and Ignace De Beelde (2001), ‘The Development of Accounting in Slovakia’6. Eva Jermakowicz and Dolores F. Rinke (1996), ‘The New Accounting Standards in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland Vis-à-Vis International Accounting Standards and European Union Directives’7. S. David Young (1999), ‘From Plan to Market: Financial Statements and Economic Transition in the East German Enterprise’PART IIGERMANY 8. Working Group on External Financial Reporting of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft (1995), ‘German Accounting Principles: An Institutionalized Framework’9. Dieter Schneider (1998), ‘German Reflections on Asset Valuation’10. Matthias Schmidt (2002), ‘On the Legitimacy of Accounting Standard Setting by Privately Organised Institutions in Germany and Europe’11. Martin Glaum (2000), ‘Bridging the GAAP: The Changing Attitude of German Managers Towards Anglo-American Accounting and Accounting Harmonization’12. Thomas Schildbach (1997), ‘Cost Accounting in Germany’PART IIITHE UNITED KINGDOM 13. Tony Hines, Karen McBride, Stella Fearnley and Richard Brandt (2001), ‘We’re Off to See the Wizard: An Evaluation of Directors’ and Auditors’ Experiences with the Financial Reporting Review Panel’14. Michael Page and Laura Spira (1999), ‘The Conceptual Underwear of Financial Reporting’15. Atul K. Shah (1998), ‘Exploring the Influences and Constraints on Creative Accounting in the United Kingdom’16. Geoffrey Whittington (1998), ‘Deprival Value and Price Change Accounting in the U.K.’17. John Dunn and Prem Sikka (1998), ‘The Emergence of the UK Auditor Resignation Legislation’PART IVNORDIC COUNTRIES 18. Mikael Niskala and Michael Pretes (1995), ‘Environmental Reporting in Finland: A Note on the Use of Annual Reports’19. Markus Granlund and Kari Lukka (1998), ‘Towards Increasing Business Orientation: Finnish Management Accountants in a Changing Cultural Context’20. Juha-Pekka Kallunki and Minna Martikainen (1999), ‘Do Firms Use Industry-Wide Targets When Managing Earnings? Finnish Evidence’21. John Blake, Hilary Fortes, Catherine Gowthorpe and Mari Paananen (1999), ‘Implementing the EU Accounting Directives in Sweden – Practitioners’ Views’PART VSPAIN 22. P.D. Bougen (1997), ‘Spain, July 1988: Some Observations on Becoming Professional’23. Araceli Mora and William Rees (1998), ‘The Early Adoption of Consolidated Accounting in Spain’24. Emiliano Ruiz Barbadillo, Christopher Humphrey and María Antonia García Benau (2000), ‘Auditors versus Third Parties and Others: The Unusual Case of the Spanish Audit Liability “Crisis”’PART VIFRANCE 25. Nabil Baydoun (1995), ‘The French Approach to Financial Accounting and Reporting’26. Claude Bocqueraz (2001), ‘The Development of Professional Associations: The Experience of French Accountants from the 1880s to the 1940s’27. Charles Elad (2000), ‘Integrated Accounting à la Française: The Perspective of the Système Croisé’PART VIISWITZERLAND 28. Bernard Raffournier (1995), ‘The Determinants of Voluntary Financial Disclosure by Swiss Listed Companies’29. Pascal Dumontier and Bernard Raffournier (1998), ‘Why Firms Comply Voluntarily with IAS: An Empirical Analysis with Swiss Data’PART VIII THE NETHERLANDS 30. Kees Camfferman (1998), ‘Deprival Value in the Netherlands: History and Current Status’PART IXIRELAND 31. Niamh Brennan (2001), ‘Reporting Intellectual Capital in Annual Reports: Evidence from Ireland’PART XGREECE 32. Apostoles A. Ballas (1998), ‘The Creation of the Auditing Profession in Greece’PART XIBELGIUM 33. Ignace De Beelde (2002), ‘Creating a Profession “Out of Nothing”? The Case of the Belgian Auditing Profession’Name Index