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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

Inventory Pricing and Changes in Price Levels.

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SMStewart Yarwood McMullenRDRobert L. DixonTHTerry Hill

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Overview

This article examines inventory pricing methods and their effects on price levels, suggesting implications for accounting practices.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how inventory pricing methods affect the measurement of accounting profit and price levels.
  • Discusses the theoretical framework of accounting profit measurement.
  • Analyzes different inventory flow assumptions like FIFO, LIFO, and average cost.
  • Explores the simulation of cost matching when precise matching is impractical.
  • Identifies the challenges in accurately matching costs with revenues.
  • Highlights the effectiveness of various flow assumptions in accounting practices.
  • Finds that some cost relationships to revenues are direct and straightforward.

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McMullen et al. (1954) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba43384e9516ffd37a43cbhttps://doi.org/10.2308/tar-7093383
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  1. 1PRICE LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS AND INVENTORY FLOW ASSUMPTIONS.1965
  2. 2MARKET PROFITS ON THE OPERATING STATEMENT.1942
  3. 3MATCHING COSTS WITH REVENUES IN THE FLOUR-MILLING INDUSTRY.1941
  4. 4INVENTORY VALUATION AND THE SHORT-RUN COST FUNCTION.1960
  5. 5A COMPUTER SOLUTION TO COST OR MARKET PROBLEMS.1964