Advanced Financial Accounting

Advanced Financial Accounting, 10e is designed to serve either the undergraduate or graduate level of advanced accounting. It features logical structure and careful explanation of complex topics to enhance instructor teachability and student comprehension. The text provides complete coverage of accounting and reporting for mergers and acquisitions, including business valuation, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency translation and transactions, derivative financial instruments, state and local governments, not-for-profits, partnerships, and bankruptcy.

Ronald J. Huefner, Ph.D. (Cornell University), CPA, CMA is Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Accounting & Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, where he also serves as Chair of the MBA Programs. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Management Accountants, and other professional organizations. Articles by Professor Huefner have appeared in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, Issues in Accounting Education, Contemporary Accounting Research, The CPA Journal, and other journals. He has been active in professional organizations, having held office both locally and statewide in the NYS Society of CPAs, the Buffalo Chapter of the IMA, and the Northeast Region of the AAA. Professor Huefner teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in financial and managerial accounting, and in fraud examination. He has received the Chancellor?s Award of the State University of New York for Excellence in Teaching.

Susan S. Hamlen, Ph.D. (Purdue University), CFM, CMA is Associate Professor of Accounting and Chair of the Department of Accounting & Law, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants, where she has served in various directorships. Articles by Professor Hamlen have appeared in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Econometrics, the Southern Economic Journal and other journals. Professor Hamlen has been active in executive education programs, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial and management accounting.

James A. Largay III, Ph.D. (Cornell University), CPA, is Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting, Lehigh University. He is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA), the American Institute of CPAs, and Financial Executives International. Articles by Professor Largay appear in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Political Economy, Accounting Horizons, the Journal of Accountancy, and other journals. He is co-author of Accounting for Changing Prices and is a contributor to the Handbook of Modern Accounting and the Handbook of Cost Accounting. Professor Largay served as Managing Editor and Editor of Accounting Horizons from 2000-2003. Previously he served as an Associate Editor of Accounting Horizons (1989-1994), as President of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the AAA, and as a member of the FASB Task Force on Consolidations and Related Matters. Professor Largay teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial accounting and financial statement analysis.