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BFA302 Accounting Theory

Examines significant historical influences on the development of accounting thought and topics of current interest in the financial accounting, professional, and academic research literature; the research methods followed in the development of normative accounting theories, capital market studies into the information content of accounting, and positive theories about accounting policy choice; the arguments for and against regulation in accounting, and the policy process and political context within which accounting policy decisions are made; critical and radical theories.