Accounting and control in banks : A literature review

• This chapter addresses the gap by identifying and analyzing present knowledge on accounting and control in banks, examines how this research has developed over the time period studied, and proposes some possible avenues for future research. It analyzes the literature studied by applying the reasoning contained in the Fredrik Nilsson and Anna-Karin Stockenstrand framework. The framework supports an empirical categorization of studies using a top-down perspective of banks from regulation, to governance, to financial reporting, and to internal aspects of banks. The Financial and Accounting Regulation category address several issues affecting accounting and control in the banking sector. E. Bengtsson identifies increased political influences on international accounting standard-setting as well as International Accounting Standards Board governance and accountability structures following the 2007 crisis. The financial reporting and disclosure literature addresses issues surrounding risk assessment, investor decision-usefulness, valuation, and governance. The literature on bank visibility addresses bank architecture as well as bank profits and their influence on legitimacy.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Accounting regulation

bank lending

corporate governance

fair value accounting

management control

stakeholders in banking

task control

Business Studies

Företagsekonomi

Publication and Content Type

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