MAKING ACCOUNTING POLICY THE QUEST FOR CREDIBILITY
The accounting policies that companies follow in preparing their financial statements have assumed critical importance in recent years. The way that expenditures and income are treated can make an enormous difference in the way a firm's performance is judged by stockholders, the financial commu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
1986
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| Series: | Wharton executive library
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Add Tag | Summary: | The accounting policies that companies follow in preparing their financial statements have assumed critical importance in recent years. The way that expenditures and income are treated can make an enormous difference in the way a firm's performance is judged by stockholders, the financial community, regulatory agencies, and other interested parties. One set of policies can make a company's performance seem better or worse than another set of policies. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 261 p. 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographies and index |
| ISBN: | 0195037014 |
Making accounting policy the quest for credibility in financial reporting 
Accounting theory and policy making