Contemporary public sector accounting research: an international comparison of journal papers

Goddard, A.R. (2008) Contemporary public sector accounting research: an international comparison of journal papers (Discussion Papers in Centre for Research in Accounting, Accountability and Governance, CRAAG-08-17) Southampton, UK. University of Southampton

Abstract

Public sector accounting research (PSAR) has become a well established field with researchers publishing in dedicated journals such as Financial Accountability and Management (FAM), based in the UK and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management (JBAFM) in the US. To a lesser extent PSAR is also published in other mainstream journals such as Accounting, Organisations and Society (AOS) and the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ). In addition to the UK the BAA established a Special Interest Group in PSAR in 1996 with the intention of encouraging research in this area and creating a network of researchers. The SIG has also funded PSAR through its history and recently the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has funded Research Programmes in the area. These initiatives have all helped to establish a healthy network of international PSA researchers. This paper is an attempt to summarise contemporary PSAR across the world and to use the analysis to identify issues and future possible directions for such research.

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