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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

A Comparison of General Price Level and Historical Cost Financial Statements in the Prediction of Bankruptcy: A Reply.

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CNCurtis L. NortonNorthern Illinois UniversityRSR. J. SmithStony Brook University

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Implication

Authors reply to comments, showing comparable usefulness of GPL and HC financial statements for bankruptcy prediction.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of general price level (GPL) financial statements versus historical cost (HC) financial statements in predicting bankruptcy.
  • Responded to previous comments on the utility of GPL in financial reporting.
  • Discussed implications for future research on cash flow predictions based on GPL information.
  • Analyzed the statements made by Solomon and Beck regarding their findings.
  • GPL and HC financial statements are equally useful for predicting bankruptcy.
  • The critique from Solomon and Beck did not demonstrate serious issues with the original methodology.

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Norton et al. (1980) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba421b4e9516ffd37a2033https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4513468
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  1. 1A Comparison of General Price Level and Historical Cost Financial Statements in the Prediction of Bankruptcy: A Comment.1980
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  4. 4The Differential Bankruptcy Predictive Ability of Specific Price Level Adjustments: Some Empirical Evidence.1983 · 3 citations
  5. 5Interindustry Estimation of General Price-Level Impact on Financial Information: A Comment.1978