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Accounting for the U.K.'s Private Finance Initiative: An Interview‐Based Investigation
Author(s) -
Hodges Ron,
Mellett Howard
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
abacus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.632
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6281
pISSN - 0001-3072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2005.00178.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , persuasion , accounting , private sector , order (exchange) , process (computing) , public domain , business , public sector , private finance initiative , economics , finance , public relations , public administration , political science , economic growth , law , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , theology , economy , computer science , operating system
This article investigates the development of the public sector accounting policy for the United Kingdom's Private Finance Initiative. A novel approach to investigating the development of accounting regulation is applied, based on interviews with persons involved in the process. A fuller explanation of events is obtained by going beyond published material that is already in the public domain in order to reflect the informal procedures which cause regulatory outcomes to be determined by negotiation and persuasion. The article concludes that the limited participation of public sector bodies at the formal stage of lobbying through written representations may not be critical in view of the existence of other means to influence the outcome of the regulatory process.