Short description:

Accounting carries with its history a vast number of ideas which have slowly developed along with it.

The re-issued volumes in this set, available individually or as a set, together represent an unparalleled opportunity to build a library according to research interests or student requirements. They discuss the following:

• history of accounting & the development of accounting theory








• analysis of international accounting principles








• international group accounting








• accounting practice








• the presentation and interpretation of accounts








• inflation accounting








• cash budgets and funds flow








• the regulatory framework of accounting in the UK, China, and the USA








• comparisons with international accounting standards

Long description:

Accounting carries with its history a vast number of ideas which have slowly developed along with it.

The re-issued volumes in this set, available individually or as a set, together represent an unparalleled opportunity to build a library according to research interests or student requirements. They discuss the following: history of accounting & the development of accounting theory; analysis of international accounting principles; international group accounting; accounting practice; the presentation and interpretation of accounts; inflation accounting; cash budgets and funds flow;  the regulatory framework of accounting in the UK, China, and the USA; comparisons with international accounting standards.

Table of Contents:

1. Some Early Contributions to the Study of Audit Judgment 2. The Evolution of Behavioral Accounting Research 3. Accounting Theory  4. Studies in Accounting  5. Corporate Financial Reporting in A Competitive Economy  6. From the Companies Act of 1929 to the Companies Act of 1948  7. Financial Accounting  8. Perspectives on Accounting and Finance in China  9. Economic Accounting  10. Accounting and Industrial Relations  11. Accounting History, 1876-1986  12. British Cost Accounting 1887-1952  13. Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis in the Early 1900s  14. Depreciation and Capital Maintenance  15. Four Classics on the Theory of Double-Entry Bookkeeping  16. The Continuing Debate Over Depreciation, Capital and Income  17. Estimating the Economic Rate of Return from Accounting Data  18. Management Audit Approach in Writing Business History  19. British Audit Practice 1884-1900  20. Recurring Issues in Auditing  21. The History of Accounting  22 & 23 Accountability of Local Authorities in England and Wales, 1831-1935, Volumes 1 & 2   24. Local Authority Accounting Methods (Volume 1)  25. Local Authority Accounting Methods (Volume 2)  26. Accounting Innovation  27. Business Budgets and Accounts  28. Accounting Queries  29. A History of Financial Accounting  30. Legal Regulation of British Company Accounts 1836-1900 (Volume 1)  31. Legal Regulation of British Company Accounts (Volume 2)  32. Reporting Fixed Assets in Nineteenth-Century Company Accounts  33. Studies of Company Records  334 Twentieth-century Accounting Thinkers  35. The Development of Accounting Theory  36. Accounting Methodology and the Work of R. J. Chambers  37. International Group Accounting  38. History and Survey of Accountancy  39. Relevant Accounting Concepts and Applications  40. Accounting From the Outside