Challenges in the Adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards The Experience of the Iberian Peninsula as a Front Runner

Chapter 1. Organization of the IPSASB, Conceptual Framework and Claimed Benefits and Criticisms of IPSAS (Tobias Polzer, Christoph Reichard; Giuseppe Grossi).- Chapter 2. The Harmonization of Public-Sector Accounting and Diffusion of IPSAS (Tobias Polzer, Giuseppe ; Grossi,; Reichard, Christoph Reichard).- Chapter 3. The application of the IPSAS in Portugal (Patrícia Gomes; Susana Jorge; Maria José Fernandez).- Chapter 4. The application of the IPSASs in Spain (Isabel Brusca, Rosa María Dasí-González, Amparo Gimeno-Ruiz and Vicente Montesinos).- Chapter 5. Comparative Analysis between Portugal and Spain (Patrícia Gomes; Isabel Brusca; Maria José Fernandes; Vicente Montesinos).- Chapter 6. General Conclusions (Patrícia Gomes; Isabel Brusca; Maria José Fernandes; Vicente Montesinos).

Isabel Brusca is Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. 

Patrícia Gomes is Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Taxation at the Management School of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal, and a research member of the Research Center on Accounting and Taxation.

Maria José Fernandes is Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Taxation at the Management School of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal. She is also President of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave.

Vicente Montesinos is Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Valencia, Spain, and a Registered Chartered Accountant. He has been Dean of his Faculty and President of the Spanish Academic Accounting Association.