Developments in accounting methodology during the 1960s are contrasted with concurrent developments in philosophy of science. The 1960s was a decade characterized by the widespread adoption of “the scientific method” in accounting methodology....
Salvador de Solózano, Bartolomé, 1544-1596;Accounting -- Spain -- History
Until very recently almost nothing was known about the life of Bartolomé Salvador de Solórzano, the author of the first Spanish treatise on double-entry bookkeeping. This paper presents the results of further research on this subject and...
The common abbreviation for the accounting term debit is a puzzling one—Dr. Today, particularly with our depersonalized treatment of the accounting or bookkeeping debit, there is no obvious clue as to why there is an r in debit at all. An...
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Dissertations abstracted are: The Formation of Fiscal Policy in the Reign of Louis XIV: The Example of Nicolas Desmaretz, Controller General of Finances by Gary Bruce McCollim; The Cincinnati Branch of the Second Bank of the United States and Its...