The IMF and Economic Development or Forensic Accounting

The IMF and Economic Development

Author: James Raymond Vreeland

Why do governments turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and with what effects? In this book, James Vreeland examines this question by analyzing cross-national time-series data from throughout the world. Vreeland argues that governments enter into IMF programs for economic and political reasons, and he finds that the programs hurt economic growth and redistribute income upward. By bringing in the IMF, governments gain political leverage - via conditionality - to push through unpopular policies. For certain constituencies, these policies dampen the effects of bad economic performance by redistributing income. But IMF programs doubly hurt others who are less well off: They lower growth and exacerbate income inequality.

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Forensic Accounting

Author: William S Hopwood

Grounded firmly in real-world practice, Forensic Accounting provides the most comprehensive view of fraud investigation on the market. Where other books focus almost entirely on auditing and financial reporting, Hopwood includes a vast range of civil and criminal accounting fraud and related activities, from false business valuations and employer fraud to information security and counter-terrorism. The author team's experience in fraud investigation lends the book a real-world perspective unmatched by any other textbook.

Table of Contents:

1.
An Introduction to Forensic Accounting

2.
The Forensic Accounting Legal Environment

3.
Forensic Accounting, the Organization, and the Information System

4.
The Auditing Environment

5.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

6.
Forensic Science and Information Technology

7.
Information Security

8.
Forensic Auditing and Investigation

9.
Financial Statement Fraud

10.
Fraud Against the Organization: Employee, Vendor, and Other Schemes

11.
Tax Fraud

12.
Bankruptcy, Divorce, and Identity theft

13.
Organized Crime and Terrorism Investigations

14.
Business Valuation

15.
Dispute Resolution and Litigation Services