A model of change in twentieth century American accounting is presented. The model describes three-phase cycles, each consisting of a reactive, a proactive, and synthesis phase. The text and Appendix illustrate and attempt to validate the model,...
Dissertations abstracted are: Investor Experience in Corporate Bonds, 1950-1974 by Robert James Hartl; Private External Borrowing: The Brazilian Experience by Alkimar Ribeiro Moura; The Politics of the Municipal Debt Structure in New York City by...