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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

A Technique to Adjust Financial Statement Data for Changing Price Levels.

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RRRichard A. RidillaUniversity of Pittsburgh

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Implication

A technique adjusts reported income for changing price levels, highlighting the real effects on financial statements.

Key Points

  • This research aims to present a simplified method for adjusting financial statement data to account for changing price levels.
  • Develops a simplification approach for price level adjustments
  • Evaluates reported income impact based on current dollars
  • Discusses several existing techniques for adjusting revenue
  • Proposes a technique that reduces distortion in financial statements caused by price fluctuations
  • Identifies that fixed dollar assets lead to real losses in purchasing power during inflation
  • Suggests current assets and liabilities remain unaffected under most adjustment methods

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Richard A. Ridilla (1960) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba43884e9516ffd37a4d72https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-7063462
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  1. 1PRICE LEVEL CHANGES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.1951
  2. 2Discounted Cash Flows, Price Level Adjustments and Expectations.1971
  3. 3PRICE LEVEL CHANGES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEW FRONTIER.1961
  4. 4A CASE STUDY OF PRICE-LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS.1955
  5. 5PRICE LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS: REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR HUSBAND.1956