The 2008 P D Leake Lecture 'Accounting Standards and the Economics of Standards', was given by Professor Geoff Meeks and Professor Peter Swann. Peter Holgate, Senior Technical Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, gave a practitioner response.
Overview
The lecture reviewed the role of standards in promoting economic efficiency, wealth creation and efficient capital markets, and examined the case for and against a single set of global standards.
Webcast
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Further information
Speakers
Professor Geoff Meeks
University of Cambridge
Professor Peter Swann
University of Nottingham
Peter Holgate
Senior Technical Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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