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The possibility and utility of positive accounting theory

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  • Whitley, R. D., 1988. "The possibility and utility of positive accounting theory," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 13(6), pages 631-645, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:aosoci:v:13:y:1988:i:6:p:631-645
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    1. Manninen, Ari, 1996. "The production of knowledge in accounting," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 21(7-8), pages 655-674.
    2. Brian Rutherford, 2010. "The social scientific turn in UK financial accounting research: A philosophical and sociological analysis," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(2), pages 149-171.
    3. Graeme Dean & Frank Clarke & Francesco Capalbo, 2016. "Response to Toms and Bryer," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 41-43, March.
    4. Lawrence A. Boland & Irene M. Gordon, 1992. "Criticizing positive accounting theory," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(1), pages 142-170, September.
    5. Brian A. Rutherford, 2013. "A Pragmatist Defence of Classical Financial Accounting Research," Abacus, Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, vol. 49(2), pages 197-218, June.
    6. Simon Archer, 1998. "Mattessich's Critique of Accounting: a review article," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 297-316.
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    8. Rajat Deb, 2019. "Accounting Theory Coherence Revisited," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 44(1), pages 36-57, February.
    9. Reiter, Sara Ann & Williams, Paul F., 2002. "The structure and progressivity of accounting research: the crisis in the academy revisited," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 575-607, August.
    10. Christopher Humphrey, 2008. "Auditing research: a review across the disciplinary divide," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 21(2), pages 170-203, February.
    11. Tweedie, Dale & Luzia, Karina, 2023. "In place, with power: (Re)conceptualising accountability in national non-government organisations," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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