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Accounting Reform in Italy and Perceptions on the Local Government Consolidated Report

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  • Cristian Carini
  • Davide Giacomini
  • Claudio Teodori

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The article aims to explore the perception of local government (LG) financial officers on the users, the uses, and the utility of the consolidated financial report in Italy, since it was one of the first countries to expressly provide for compulsory adoption. A questionnaire was sent to a statistical stratified sample of LG, collecting 133 responses (response rate 17%). The results, tested through the structural equation model we observe that social legitimization pressure rather than accountability patterns or performance analysis drive more the adoption process. The evidence indicates that the report is perceived as a potential tool for pursuing performance assessment strategies in a group context. However, this potentiality depends on the coordination effort made by the LG. The article finds out the rise of the topic of the public governance and the role of coordinating the local public group.

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  • Cristian Carini & Davide Giacomini & Claudio Teodori, 2019. "Accounting Reform in Italy and Perceptions on the Local Government Consolidated Report," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(3), pages 195-204, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:42:y:2019:i:3:p:195-204
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1423500
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