This book analyses the role of public sector accounting, and the relevance of accounting frameworks, in assisting financially sustainable policy making. Focussing on the European context, the book examines financial reporting, management accounting, budgeting and other reporting requirements, for example, Government Finance Statistics. It also analyses emerging forms of reporting, such as popular reporting and integrated reporting, which may also be considered by policy makers, standard setters, and managers of public sector entities. Josette Caruana is a Lecturer at the Department of Accountancy, University of Malta, Malta.
Isabel Brusca is Professor in Accounting at the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Eugenio Caperchione is Professor of Public Sector Accounting at the Department of Economics, Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Italy.
Sandra Cohen is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Department of Business Administration, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.
Francesca Manes Rossi is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Department of Management and Information Systems, Salerno University, Italy.
This book analyses the role of public sector accounting, and the relevance of accounting frameworks, in assisting financially sustainable policy making. Focussing on the European context, the book examines financial reporting, management accounting, budgeting and other reporting requirements, for example, Government Finance Statistics. It also analyses emerging forms of reporting, such as popular reporting and integrated reporting, which may also be considered by policy makers, standard setters, and managers of public sector entities.
Analyses the role of public sector accounting in, and the relevance of accounting frameworks to, financially sustainable policy making Contributes to emerging research on financial sustainability in public administrations Appeals to policy makers, public managers, international organisations and financial sustainability standard setters
Josette Caruana
accounting frameworks financial sustainability financial sustainability reporting public sector entities qualitative characteristics public sector accounting IPSASB accounting harmonization aggregated financial reporting Europe national accounts budgetary rules multi-level governance paradox pension scheme