Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment - Hardcover

Wolk, Harry; Dodd, James; Tearney, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324186231 ISBN 13: 9780324186239

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Wolk (accounting, emeritus, Drake University) integrates theoretical and conceptual aspects of accounting and their relationship to the politics and economics of the standard-setting process in this text for a one-semester accounting theory course at the undergraduate or graduate level. This sixth e

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About the Author

Harry I. Wolk (1930-2009) held a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and MBA and PhD degrees from Michigan State University. He was the author or co-author of approximately 25 journal articles, including publications in the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, and the International Journal of Accounting. He was the lead author of seven editions of Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and was the Aliber Distinguished Professor of Accounting at Drake University, where he taught for 32 years. He also visited Creighton University, where he was John P. Begley Professor of Accounting. He was a member of the American Accounting Association and Financial Executives International, where he served as president of the Iowa Chapter. Outside of accounting, his interests were in following national and world affairs closely, listening to classical music, and following the fortunes of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, and the New England Patriots.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324186231
• ISBN 13: 9780324186239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 760