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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.
Print Book, English, 2008
Now Publishers, Hanover, MA, USA, 2008
Ressources Internet
1 ressource en ligne (174 pages)
9781601981608, 1601981600
1003594841
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