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July 1, 1982The Accounting Review

Company Legislation and Changing Patterns of Disclosure in British Company Accounts 1900-1940 (Book).

Philip E. Meyer Thomas A. Lee

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Key Points

The book examines how company legislation influenced disclosure practices in British financial reporting between 1900 and 1940.
Literature review of historical company legislation and accounting practices.
Analysis of financial accounts and their disclosure patterns from the specified period.
Comparison of changes in regulations and their impact on accounting standards.
Identified significant shifts in disclosure practices over four decades.
Showed how evolving legislation shaped the transparency of company financial reporting.

Implication

This book reviews changing disclosure patterns in British company accounts, highlighting legislative impacts from 1900 to 1940.

Abstract

Reviews the book "Company Legislation and Changing Patterns of Disclosure in British Company Accounts, 1900-1940," by J.R. Edwards.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba43b64e9516ffd37a535d https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4488002

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