7. In a more recent model of the reasons for international differences in financial reporting, Nobes suggests that the dominant factor is the extent to which corporate financing is obtained through the sale of equity securities to outside share holders. For whatever reason, some cultures lead to a strong equity-outsider financing system. In countries with strong equity-outsider financing, measurement practices are less conservative, disclosure is extensive, and accounting practice differs from tax rules. This is consistent with what may be called Anglo-saxon accounting. In accounting systems found in countries with weak equity- outside shareholder financing systems, measurement is more conservative, disclosure is not as extensive, and accounting practice follows tax rules. This is consistent with the Continental European accounting model.