Download or read book Forging Accounting Principles in Five Countries written by Stephen A. Zeff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title, first published in 1972, examines five countries that have experience with programs designed to improve the quality of financial reporting. Zeff devotes separate chapters to the historical evolution of the program, and then goes on to compare and analyse the various trends. This book presents an important piece of research to those concerned with the development of accounting principles.