Accounting is an Evolved Economic Institution
Summarises accounting history over the past ten thousand years. This literature review provides useful examples for subsequent sections and can be used as a primer of accounting history. The authors explain how accounting history can inform scholars studying modern institutions by analysing several exemplary research papers.
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1. Introduction: Why Accounting History Research is Valuable. 2. Quantitative Accounting History Research: Definition & Focus of Paper. 3. Overview of Questions that Arise in Accounting History. 4. Accounting History Research as a Stimulant to Thought Experiments. 5. The Use of Historical Data in Testing Economic Hypotheses. 6. Future Research: Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Accounting. 7. Concluding Remarks. References