The Economic Analysis of Accounting Profitability

by Colin Mayer, Jeremy Edwards, John Kay

Book Overview

An examination of the economic analysis of the principles of accounting, this book shows that there are a number of questions for which appropriately constructed accounting data can give precise answers--whether there should be entry to or exit from an industry by a firm, for example, or whether or not a particular project should be undertaken. It not only highlights the importance of thinking clearly about the questions which are being answered with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198772416
• ISBN13: 9780198772415
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages