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Revenue recognition

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  • RICK ANTLE
  • JOEL S. DEMSKI

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. This paper examines the information content of revenue recognition rules in a series of environments, ranging from an abstract disclosure setting to one of disclosure in the presence of moral hazard and self†reporting by an informed agent. The emphasis is on conceptualization of recognition issues, ranging across financial and labor markets, and the simplification required to force the analysis into a workable and familiar model. In this way, the limitations of both our thinking about recognition issues and our modeling techniques are highlighted. Résumé. Les auteurs examinent le contenu informationnel des règies de constatation des produits dans un éventail de cas, parmi lesquels un cas abstrait de publication d'information, un cas de présentation d'information en situation de risque moral, en passant par la présentation autonome d'information par un mandataire averti. Les auteurs s'intéressent particulièrement à la conceptualisation de questions relatives à la constatation des produits couvrant le marché financier et le marché du travail, et à la simplification qu'il faut opérer pour ramener l'analyse à la dimension d'un modèle maniable et d'utilisation courante. Ainsi les limites que component tant l'opinion au sujet des questions de constatation des produits que les techniques de modélisation sont†elles mises en relief.

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  • Rick Antle & Joel S. Demski, 1989. "Revenue recognition," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 423-451, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:5:y:1989:i:2:p:423-451
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00713.x
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