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study and research in accounting, and to provide faculty members for assignment to universities in other countries The center, functionally and administratively, is a constituent part of the Department of Accountancy and the College of Commerce and Business Administration of the University of Illinois at Ur- bana-Champaign The graduate training of a substantial number of international students has been an important activity of the department for many One of the years specific goals of the center is the publication of reports, and monographs which further the cause of advanced education and research in accounting booklets, V K Zimmerman, Director s THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Volume 21 • Number CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN Fall 1985 ACCOUNTING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN © 1987 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois The International Journal of Accounting Education and Research is published semi-annually, spring and fall, by the Center for International Education and Research in Accounting, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Subscription rates are $20.00 per year Single-copy price is $10.00 Copies of prior issues are still available Manuscripts and communications for the editor and business correspondence should be addressed to The International Journal of Accounting Education and Research, 320 Commerce Building (West), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 V K Zimmerman, JaNoel S Lowe, Editor Assistant Editor Contents THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRM ATTRIBUTES AND EARLY ADOPTION OF THE FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION STANDARD, SFAS NO 52: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION BETTY BROWN A STUDY OF AUDIT JUDGMENTS OF KOREAN CPAS JAMES A HEINTZ and JIN-SOO HAN EXCHANGE RATES AND PURCHASING POWER PARITY: EVIDENCE REGARDING THE FAILURE OF SFAS NO 52 TO CONSIDER EXCHANGE RISK IN HYPER-INFLATIONARY COUNTRIES DAVID A 39 ZIEBART THE FUNCTIONAL UTILITY OF RESALE PRICE ACCOUNTING R J 53 CHAMBERS A CASE FOR SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS AS A UNIT OF ACCOUNT PRAKASH L DHEERIYA CONTINGENCY THEORY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING JAMES A SCHWEIKART 89 DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: BOTSWANA WILLIAM MARKELL 99 AN APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPTUAL ISSUES ON BACKLOG DEPRECIATION AND A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ROBERT BLOOM and ARAYA DEBESSAY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SUPREME AUDIT BUREAU IN KUWAIT IN MONITORING PUBLIC EXPENDITURES: AN EVALUATION 107 123 WAJDY SHARKAS ACCOUNTABILITY, THE THRESHOLD OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY, UNDERDEVELOPMENT, AND MISERY: THE CASE OF AFRICA J B 143 GHARTEY GLOBAL PRODUCTIVITY SURPLUS ACCOUNTS ALAIN BURLAUD and LIONEL DAHAN 159 176 THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING comprehensive uniform accounting plan was introduced in response to the 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