Moxey, Edward Preston, 1881-;McDonald, John, 1841-1904;Soule, George, 1834-1926;Graham, Willard J. 1897-
Biographical sketches of 4 accountants: Edward P. Moxey, Jr. By Adolph Matz; John McDonald By Harvey Mann; George Soule By Vahe Baladouni; Willard J. Graham By R. E. Ziegler.
Corporations -- France -- Accounting;Accounting -- Law and legislation -- France
The first official French Accounting Plan, adopted in 1947, had a marked influence in several countries. Its impact can still be felt today and many of its features have been retained in the 1982 French Accounting Plan. The article highlights the...
Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation;Accounting -- Research -- Methodology;Empiricism
Little or nothing is said of empiricism in U.S. accounting literature during the first half of the twentieth century in accounting history literature. The objectives of this study are threefold: (1) to determine if an empirical accounting...
Consolidation and mergers of corporations -- Accounting;Accounting -- Standards -- United States
This paper traces the development of pooling of interests accounting for business combinations from 1945 to 1991. The history of the pooling concept is reviewed chronologically with particular emphasis on the events of 1969-1970 that were related...
I have been asked several times why I started the study of Accounting history. It was for personal reasons and without further motivation. Yet since an answer was due to the question, I found four reasons: a scientific one, a cultural one, a...
Numerals -- History;Accounting -- History;Bookkeeping -- History
The general adoption of "Arabic" numerals by European bookkeepers occurred at least five hundred years after their introduction to the scholarly world. The early availability yet late adoption of this numeration is shown to be due to several...
Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831. The Town Officer;Municipal finance -- Accounting
Recent research has produced the earliest known treatise on Accounting written by an American. Samuel Freeman's The Town Officer [1791] is significant in that it recommended double-entry fund accounting for municipalities. The paper analyzes and...
Accounting -- Societies, etc.;Learned institutions and societies -- Australia;International Accountants Corporation and Bookkeepers Institute of Australasia;International Institute of Accountants
In 1928, the beginnings were laid for the International Accountants Corporation and Bookkeepers Institute of Australasia. This was followed in a few years by the International Institute of Accountants. This was an ambitious move to internationalize...
Income accounting -- History;Financial statements -- History
The origin of income smoothing in literature has been attributed to different authors in recent years. However, the attributions have been made based on research using a simple analysis of the term "income smoothing". This study considers the...
Books reviewed are: Edward J. Kane, The S & L Insurance Mess: How Did It Happen?; Lawrence J. White, The S & L Debacle. Public Policy Lessons for Bank and Thrift Regulation; Martin Mayer, The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery. The Collapse of the Savings...