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41. “Factors Shaping the Independent Public 49. “Accounting for Investments in Common Auditing Profession in the United States Stock in the United States of America from
from 1905 to 1933,” by Bruce E. Committe. 1900 to the Present,” by Edward A. Becker.
42. “Frederick W. Taylor and the Evolution of 50. “An Historical Perspective of the Account Standard Overhead Costing,” by Rosita S. ing Environment: A General Outline of a Chen and Sheng-Der Pan. Western European and North American
43. “A Synthesis of the Inquiry into the Con- Linkage,” by Stanley C. W. Salvary. Tribution of Double-Entry Bookkeeping to 51. “The Nature of Historical Research,” by
Capitalism,” by James L. Strachan. Owen B. Moseley and Milton F. Usry.
44. “Philosophies of History—Their Basic Ten- 52. “The Ideas of Stuart Chase: Pioneer Socialets,” by Owen B. Moseley and Milton F. Accountant and Economist,” by Robert
Usry. Bloom.
45. “The Development of the Auditor’s Report 53. “The Accounting Review: 1935-39 A Digest, in the United States,” by Tonya K. Flesher Survey, and Commentary,” by James H.
and Dale L. Flesher. Potts.
46. “The Evolution of Accounting in Indone- 54. “An Update and Overview of the Germansia,” by Abd. Fawzy Siddik and Herbert L. Accounting Profession Post-1973,” by Hans
Jensen. J. Dykxhoorn and Kathleen E. Sinning.
47. “On the Evolution of Accounting Objec- 55. “Development of Accounting in a Centives,” by Robert Bloom. trally-Planned Economy,” by Wlodzimierz
48. “The Pioneer of Accounts Theory in Ja- Brzezin and Alicja A. Jaruga. pan: An Appraisal of the Methodology of Wasaburo Kimura,” by Yoshiaki Jinnai.
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Available in two single bound volumes are the first 40 working papers published by The Academy of Accounting Historians. These 6″ x 9″ books include the following papers and their authors.
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1. “The CPA’s Professional Heritage. Part I,” by John L. Carey.
2. “The Audit of Historical Records as a Learning Device in Studying Environmental and Socio-Economic Influences on Accounting, ” by Richard H. Homburger.
3. “The Accounts of Ancient Rome,” by Kenneth S. Most.
4. “Survey of the Development of Auditing in Germany,” by Rosa-Elisabeth Gassmann.
5. “The CPA’s Professional Heritage, Part II,” by John L. Carey.
6. “A Chronological Index Prepared for John L. Carey’s The Rise of the Accounting Profession, Volume I, 1896-1936,” by Gary John Previts.
7. “The State of Bookkeeping in Upper Germany at the Time of the Fuggers and Welsers,” by Hermann Kellenbenz.
8. “A Chronological Index Prepared for John L. Carey’s The Rise of the Accounting Profession, Volume II, 1937-1970,” by Gary John Previts.
9. “A Bibliography on the Relationship Between Scientific Management and Standard Costing,” by Marc J. Epstein.
10. “A Significant Year (1873) in the History of Bookkeeping in Japan,” by Kojiro Nishikawa.
11. “Historical Development of Early Accounting Concepts and Their Relation to Certain Economic Concepts,” by Maurice S. Newman.
12. “Thirty-six Classic Articles from the 1905-1930 Issues of The Journal of Accountancy,” by Richard Vangermeersch.
13. “The Development of the Theory of Continuously Contemporary Accounting,” by R. J. Chambers.
14. “The CPA’s Professional Heritage, Part III,” by John L. Carey.
15. “Two Papers on the History of Valuation Theory (I. Management Behavior on Original Valuation of Tangible and Intangible Fixed Assets. II. The Significance of Writeups of Tangible Fixed Assets in the 1920’s) ,” by Richard Vangermeersch.
16. “The Golden Anniversary of One of Accounting History’s Mysterious Contributors: Albert DuPont,” by Gary John Previts and S. Paul Garner.
17. “Evidential Matter Pertaining to the Historical Development of the Concepts of Disclosure and Its Uses as a Teaching Aid,” by Hans V. Johns on.
18. “The Evolution of Pooling of Interests Accounting: 1945-1970,’’ by Frank R. Rayburn.
19. “The Study of Accounting History,” by Vahe Baladouni.
20. “The Evolution of Corporate Reporting Practices in Canada,” by George J. Murphy.
Working Papers 21-40 Volume 2
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21. “Early Greek Accounting on Estates (Fourth Century B.C.),” by George J. Costouros.
22. “The Traditional Accounting Systems in the Oriental Countries —Korea, China, Japan,” by Jong Hyeon Huh.
23. “The Evolution of Ethical Codes in Accounting, ” by Joyce C. Lambert and S. J. Lambert, III.
24. “The Oldest Book of Double Entry Book keeping in Germany,” by Kiyoshi Inoue.
25. “An Annotated Bibliography for HistoricaI Research in Cost Accounting,” by Edwin Bart ens te in.
26. “The Role of Academic Accounting Research: An Historical Perspective,” by Eric Flamholtz.
27. “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and Its Implications for the Development of Accounting Policy,” by Diana Flamholtz.
28. “The Development of Accountancy in Hungary Since 1946. . . ,” by Rezso L. Scholcz.
29. “Historic Origins of the Purchase vs. Pooling of Interests Problem,” by Wesley T. Andrews.
30. “Current Efforts to Develop a Conceptual Framework for Financial Accounting and Reporting,” by William C. Shenkir.
31. “Influence of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Railroad Accounting on Development of Modern Accounting Theory,” by James L. Boockholdt.
32. “The Historical Development of Standard Costing Systems Until 1920,” by Nathan Kranowski.
33. “The CPA’s Professional Heritage, Part IV,” by John L. Carey.
34. “The Evolution of Accounting Theory in Europe from 1900 to the Present Day and Its Implications on Industrial Management of Tomorrow,” by Paul Weilenmann.
35. ” Sombart on Accounting History,” by Kenneth S. Most.
36. “A Most Unforgetable Accounting Historian: Frederic G. Gamble,” by Paul Garner and Reza Espahbodi.
37. “Historical Overview of Developments in Cost and Managerial Accounting,” by M. Zafar Iqbal.
38. “Comments on Accounting Disclosures in the Baltimore and Ohio Annual Reports from 1828 Through 1850,” by Ri chard Vangermeersch.
39. “A Contemporary Review of the Evolution of Value Concepts (1500-1930),” by J. W. Martin.
40. “Tracing the Development of a Conceptual Framework of Accounting -A Western European and North American Linkage: A Partial Examination,” by Stanley C. W. Salvary.
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ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
Number 46 Spring 1982
A research quarterly published by
the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales
Editor: R. H. Parker, University of Exeter, England
CONTENTS
Accounting Policy Making—Some Tony Hope
Lessons from the Deferred Taxation John Briggs
Debate
A New Proposal for Setting Intra- R. Manes
Company Transfer Prices R. Verrecchia
Aspects of Accounting and Internal N. Choudhury
Control—India 4th Century BC
Two Seventeenth Century Accounting B. S. Yamey
Statements
The Role of Labour Variances in Paul Sutcliffe
Harrington Emerson’s ‘New Gospel
of Efficiency’ (1908)
Asset Valuation and Depreciation F. A. Bailey
under Current Cost Accounting
Uniformity v. Flexibility in the Published Rowan Jones
Accounts of Local Authorities: the Maurice Pendlebury
UK Problem and Some European
Solutions
Accounting and Auditing Standards: D. Hatherly
Why They Are Inconsistent
Simulating Lea rning Curve Parameters Woody M. Liao
for Managerial Planning and Control
The Nakai Family’s Bookkeeping E. Ogura
System
Book Reviews
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TABLE OF CONTENTS January, 1983
MAIN ARTICLES
The Methodology of Positive Accounting Charles Christenson
Accounting Information in Private Markets: Evidence from
Private Lending Agreements Richard Leftwich
Robert Hamilton’s Contribution to Accounting Michael J. Mepham
An Examination of the Linear and Retrospective Process
Tracing Approaches to Judgment Modeling
David F. Larcker and V. Parker Lessig “Representativeness” in Judgmental Predictions of
Corporate Bankruptcy W. Bruce Johnson
Development of the Compound Entry in the 15th Century Ledger
of Jachomo Badoer, A Venetian Merchant Edward Peragallo
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A Note on Cash Flow and Classification Patterns of Financial Ratios Michael J. Gombola and J. Edward Ketz The Effects of Outliers on the Cross-Sectional Distributional Properties of Financial Ratios Thomas J. Frecka and William S. Hopwood
EDUCATION RESEARCH, L. S. Rosen, Editor
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Demand Elasticities: Supplements to Sales Budget and
Variance Reports Rene P. Manes
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