International Conference on Eurasian Economies
9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1324
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Finance and Financial Crises
Presenter: Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlter Ünlükaplan
Session : 6C Finans
Fiscal Rules, Creative Accounting and Fiscal Transparency: An Evaluation on the Transition Economies
Mali Kurallar, Yaratıcı Muhasebe ve Mali Saydamlık: Geçiş Ekonomileri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlter Ünlükaplan (Çukurova University, Türkiye)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Volkan Yurdadoğ (Çukurova University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Ebru Canıkalp (Çukurova University, Türkiye)
Abstract
An anonymous idea is observed in the public finance literature that includes where fiscal rules, i.e numerical rules on the fiscal indicators, are strict and stringent, policy executives will have incentives to recourse to creative accounting implementations to overcome these numerical limits. Creative accounting is applied for demonstrating economic, especially fiscal indicators better than the originals to reach the necessary fiscal limit, even if they are primarily conducted by private firms. Many countries applied these illusory implementations to hide their reported budget deficits especially in the last global crisis period. With this manner, creative accounting violates the basic principles of governance in public finance. In this context, governments should have to establish statistical classification structure and government accounting system that aims to prevent creative accounting. With this dimension, fiscal transparency will prevent from creative accounting implementations. In this study, the relationship between fiscal rules and creative accounting on the public finance administration level will be determined and fiscal transparency suggestions that prevent these frauds in the economies will be evaluated. As a result, the practice of good governance in public finance should be implemented to provide financial transparency. In addition, the reforms about transparency in the legislation should be consider as an important proposal.
JEL codes: H83, H89, H60
Ünlükaplan, İlter, Yurdadoğ, Volkan, Canıkalp, Ebru (2015). "Fiscal Rules, Creative Accounting and Fiscal Transparency: An Evaluation on the Transition Economies" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.527-533, Kazan, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01324
