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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

The Effects of LIFO Inventory Costing on Resource Allocation: A Public Policy Perspective.

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RHRobert Halperin

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Overview

This analysis finds that LIFO inventory costing leads to inefficient resource use, suggesting better alternatives.

Key Points

  • This research examines how LIFO inventory costing impacts resource allocation and economic efficiency.
  • Constructed an analytical model for after-tax economic profit maximization using LIFO
  • Analyzed profit-maximizing conditions from a Pareto-optimal perspective
  • Evaluated year-end inventory maintenance as an efficiency issue
  • Year-end inventory maintenance under LIFO is found to be an inefficient resource use
  • Offers a replacement cost solution for better inventory accounting
  • Highlights the tax benefits of LIFO in rising inventory price conditions

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Robert Halperin (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba42bc4e9516ffd37a33a0https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4489203
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  1. 1The Effects of LIFO Inventory Costing on Resource Allocation: A Comment.1981
  2. 2The Effects of LIFO Inventory Costing on Resource Allocation: A Reply.1981
  3. 3Balance Sheet Impact of Using LIFO: An Empirical Study.1987
  4. 4Costs and benefits of the LIFO‐FIFO choice2024 · 2 citations
  5. 5A Note on Estimating the Economic Impact of the LIFO Method of Inventory Valuation.1976