1. An Introduction to accounting theory --; 2. Accounting theory and accounting research --; 3. Development of the institutional structure of financial accounting --; 4. The economics of financial reporting regulation --; 5. Postulates, principles, and concepts --; 6. The search for objectives --; 7. The FASB's conceptual framework --; 8. Usefulness of accounting information to investors and creditors --; 9. Uniformity and disclosure: some policy-making directions --; 10. The balance sheet --; 11. The income statement --; 12. Statement of cash flows --; 13. Accounting for inflation and changing prices --; 14. Income taxes and financial accounting --; 15. Pensions and other postretirement benefits --; 16. Leases --; 17. Intercorporate equity investments --; 18. Issues in international accounting.