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Quand les choix comptables liés à l’environnement ne sont pas qu’opportunistes : cas des provisions comptables environnementales - When environmental accounting choices are not only opportunistic: the case of environmental accounting provisions

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  • Jonathan Maurice

    (TSM-Research, Université Toulouse Capitole, CNRS)

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(VF) Cet article étudie sous l’angle institutionnel la question des marges de manœuvre dont disposent les dirigeants et comptables pour estimer leurs provisions environnementales. Ces décisions ne pouvant être séparées du contexte social et technique dans lequel elles sont prises, une analyse qualitative du processus de détermination des provisions environnementales de groupes cotés français est menée pour mettre en évidence les éléments limitant ou favorisant l’utilisation opportuniste de ces montants. L’analyse des entretiens met en évidence l’importance des pressions institutionnelles (induisant un isomorphisme coercitif et mimétique dans le choix des méthodes d’estimation des provisions environnementales) qui rendent plus difficile l’utilisation discrétionnaire des provisions environnementales par les dirigeants. Ces résultats concluent sur l’intérêt de tenir compte, dans l’analyse, du contexte spécifique des décisions comptables en plus des incitations pouvant les engendrer.(VA) From an institutional perspective, this paper examines the room for maneuver in estimating environmental provisions. As the decisions of executives and accountants cannot be separated from the social and technical context in which they are made, we conducted a qualitative study of French listed companies to investigate the processes that are involved. Our objective was to determine which factors limit or encourage the opportunistic use of these provisional sums. The analysis of the interview transcripts revealed the impact of institutional pressure (leading to coercive and mimetic isomorphism in choosing the estimation method), which makes discretionary use of environmental provisions more difficult. These results indicate that an analysis has to take into account the specific context of the accounting decision, in addition to the incentives that give rise to it.

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  • Jonathan Maurice, 2019. "Quand les choix comptables liés à l’environnement ne sont pas qu’opportunistes : cas des provisions comptables environnementales - When environmental accounting choices are not only opportunistic: the," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 22(1), pages 25-61, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:dij:revfcs:v:22:y:2019:i:1:p:25-61.
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    Keywords

    provisions environnementales; théorie néo-institutionnelle; isomorphisme; théorie positive de la comptabilité; opportunisme managérial; étude de cas; environmental provisions; neo-institutional theory; isomorphism; positive accounting theory; opportunism; case study.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • G39 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Other
    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative

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