Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the call for papers for a special issue (SI) under the theme “Earnings management in public sector, hybrid and non-profit organisations” in the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. The Guest editors of the SI are Pierre Donatella, Marco Bisogno, Sandra Cohen and Odd J. Stalebrink.

The aim of this SI is to shed further light on Earnings Management (EM) motivations and EM’s impact on decision-making and transparency. The guest editors encourage submission of papers that employ a comparative research approach and that consider the role of different administrative traditions, accounting systems, auditing and oversight systems, political and election systems, and other potential factors that may either stimulate or hinder the use of EM practices among politicians and managers. They also encourage new and novel approaches in terms of theory and method, to advance empirical research further. The special issue welcomes research that adds knowledge and deepens the understanding of EM in different types of organisations (public-sector, hybrid and no-profit organisations) and from different perspectives, capturing both macro- and micro-level studies.

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Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the 2022 EGPA PSG “Public Sector Financial Management” Spring Workshop that will take place in Rome, Italy, on May 26th and 27th 2022 at LUMSA University. The theme of the EGPA Spring Workshop is "Rethinking Public Sector Financial Management: Public Value and Other Challenges for Accounting Studies (in the Aftermaths of COVID-19)".

Practical information

• Abstracts (no more than 1000 words) should be submitted to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by March 1^st 2022.
• Notification of acceptance will be made by March 15^th 2022.
• Full papers (20 pages maximum) should be submitted by April 15^th 2022 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• The registration fee is € 120 until April 22^nd 2022 (€ 170 for late registration after April 22^nd 2022).

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Dear PSAAR friends,

On 21-23 September 2022, the 16th CIGAR Workshop will be held in Germany in Berlin. Starting with the PhD Colloquium and closing with the IPSASB Research Forum on Friday 23rd, in the afternoon. The theme of the CIGAR Workshop will be “Educating for Institutional Change in Public Sector Accounting?” and will therefore focus on public sector accounting education (PSAE).  The organising committee of the workshop comprises Berit Adam, Jens Heiling, Nicole KüchlerStahn and John Siegel.

Paper proposals (maximum 2 pages) should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by April 30, 2022 and – if accepted – full papers will be due by July 30, 2022 August 20, 2022 .

For the call for papers click here.

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Dear PSAAR Friends, 

We would like to draw your attention to a special edition of Public Money and Management on ‘Local public audit and accountability: an international and public value perspective’ which is aimed for publication in early/mid 2023. The edition aims to link research, policy and practice at a key time for local public audit development in many states, enabling policy development to be informed by up to date international research. 

Deadline for submission of research articles 15 February 2022;  

Shorter Debate and New Development pieces are also invited. 

Further information:  https://bit.ly/LPAaccountability. 

Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the 18th CIGAR Biennial Conference 2021 "Public Sector Accounting for a Sustainable Future” that will virtually take place on 24-25 June 2021 and the Doctoral Colloquium that will take place on 23 June 2021.

• Abstract submission of maximum one page with the purpose, design/method/approach, preliminary findings and contribution, to the respective session chair(s) by 15 March 2021.
• Notification of acceptance will be sent at the end of March 2021.
• The full paper submission is expected by 20 May 2021 31 May 2021. Full papers will be submitted to the respective session chair(s) and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information about the 18th CIGAR Biennial Conference 2021 is found at https://cigar-network.net/cigar-conference-2021

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Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the EGPA 2021 Conference that will (virtually) take place in Brussels (Belgium) from 7 to 10 September 2021.

The theme of the PSG XII Public Sector Financial Management is: “Public financial management to support Sustainable Development”

KEY DATES:

30 April 2021 30 May 2021     Abstract Submission

25 May 2021 5 June 2021      Notification of acceptance

July 20, 2021                           Full paper deadline

For the call for paper click here

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