OBJECTIVE To investigate financial capacity in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) using a new theoretical model and prototype psychometric instrument. DESIGN Cross-sectional comparisons of older control subjects (n=23) and patients with mild (n=30) and moderate AD (n=20). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Financial capacity was measured using the Financial Capacity Instrument, a prototype psychometri...

financial statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. the comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. the kingdom of saudi arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. sahara petrochemi...

The inherent conflicts of interest in the auditor–client relationship and the unobservability of financial statement quality are likely culprits in the recent corporate scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. The solution proposed here is a financial statement insurance (FSI) mechanism. Instead of appointing and paying auditors, companies would purchase financial statement insurance that provides ...

This paper analyzes the bene…ts and costs of …nancial statement comparability from an information perspective. We …rst show analytically that while comparability enhances the correlation among …rms’reported earnings (“common informativeness”), it reduces …rms’own reporting precision (“individual informativeness”). Next, we provide theoretical justi…cation for the comparability measure of De Fra...

Investors, financial reporting policymakers, and accounting educators emphasize the importance of financial statement comparability. Accounting researchers have found it difficult to develop empirical measures of comparability that correspond to typical views of the construct. The measures used in recent research are removed from firms’ accounting treatments and are likely to be driven by econo...