Financial Accounting Theory
3rd Edition
Published on 27. August 2002
Book
Hardback
509 pages
978-0-13-065577-6 (ISBN)
Description
Appropriate for Financial Accounting Theory courses at both the senior undergraduate and professional master's levels.This newly revised text provides a theoretical approach to financial accounting in Canada, without overlooking institutional structure and standard setting. Important research papers are selected for description and commentary, while extensive references to other research papers underlie the text discussion.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-065577-6 (9780130655776)
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William R. Scott
Scott: Financial Accounting Thry
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08/2005
Prentice-Hall (Canada)
€68.19
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Previous edition
William R. Scott
Financial Accounting Theory
Book
07/1999
2nd Edition
Prentice-Hall (Canada)
€48.35
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Content
1. Introduction. 2. Accounting Under Ideal Conditions. 3. The Decision Usefulness Approach to Financial Reporting. 4. Efficient Securities Markets. 5. The Information Perspective on Decision Usefulness. 6. The Measurement Perspective on Decision Usefulness. 7. Measurement Perspective Applications. 8. Economic Consequences and Positive Accounting Theory. 9. An Analysis of Conflict. 10. Executive Compensation. 11. Earnings Management. 12. Standard Setting: Economic Issues. 13. Standard Setting: Political Issues. Bibliography. Index.