Gregory B. Waymire

Emory University - Department of Accounting

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Accounting

Goizueta Business School

1300 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322

United States

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1.

Intangible Assets and Equity Valuation in the Pre-Sec Era

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Apr 1999
Kirsten Ely and Gregory B. Waymire
Independent and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Accounting is an Evolved Economic Institution

Foundations and Trends in Accounting, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, pp. 1-174, 2008, Emory University Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-33
Number of pages: 162 Posted: 07 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 22 May 2014
Gregory B. Waymire and Sudipta Basu
Emory University - Department of Accounting and Temple University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 1,482 (11,517)
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Accounting, Economic History, Economic Institutions

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Income Conservatism in the U.S. Technology Sector

Simon School Working Paper No. FR 04-01
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 10 Feb 2004
Uday Chandra, Charles E. Wasley and Gregory B. Waymire
SUNY University at Albany, Simon School, University of Rochester and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Accounting Standard-Setting Organizations and Earnings Relevance: Longitudinal Evidence from NYSE Common Stocks, 1927-93

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Apr 1999
Kirsten Ely and Gregory B. Waymire
Independent and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Recordkeeping and Human Evolution

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-13
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Jul 2005
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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intertemporal trade, verifiable history, dispute resolution, cultural selection

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Investor Protection Under Unregulated Financial Reporting

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 21 Apr 2003
Jan Barton and Gregory B. Waymire
Emory University and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Investor protection, Voluntary disclosure, Financial reporting quality, Financial reporting regulation, Stock market crashes

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Has the Importance of Intangibles Really Grown? And if so, Why?

International Accounting Policy Forum, Special Issue, 2008, Accounting and Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Moka, gift exchange, patent, trademark, fair value

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Neuroaccounting, Part II: Consilience Between Accounting Principles and the Primate Brain

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
John W. Dickhaut, Sudipta Basu, Kevin A. McCabe and Gregory B. Waymire
Chapman University (Deceased), Temple University - Department of Accounting, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Accounting principles, economic exchange, neuroeconomics, primate brain

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Neuroaccounting, Part I: The Primate Brain and Reciprocal Exchange

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
John W. Dickhaut, Sudipta Basu, Kevin A. McCabe and Gregory B. Waymire
Chapman University (Deceased), Temple University - Department of Accounting, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Accounting principles, economic exchange, neuroeconomics, primate brain

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Economic Crisis and Accounting Evolution

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-98
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Mar 2011
Gregory B. Waymire and Sudipta Basu
Emory University - Department of Accounting and Temple University - Department of Accounting
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selection, transformation, migration, unintended consequences, pretense of knowledge

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Memory, Transaction Records, and The Wealth of Nations

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 34, No. 8, 2009
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 22 May 2014
Sudipta Basu, Marcus Kirk and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting, University of Florida - Fisher School of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Recordkeeping, accounting history, economic development and institutions

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Enforceable Accounting Rules and Income Measurement by Early 20th Century Railroads

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 May 2002
Kumar N. Sivakumar and Gregory B. Waymire
Boston University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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railroads, income measurement, accounting rules, regulation, conservatism, income smoothing, early 20th century financial reporting

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Who Gets Swindled in Ponzi Schemes?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Mar 2015
Stephen Deason, Shivaram Rajgopal and Gregory B. Waymire
Emory University, Columbia Business School and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Ponzi scheme, fraud, social ties

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Credible Disclosure of Industry-Wide Information Through Trade Associations: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Nov 1996
Chandra Uday, Andrew Procassini and Gregory B. Waymire
University of Oklahoma - School of Accounting, Santa Clara University and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Supplement to ‘Neuroaccounting: Consilience Between the Biologically-Evolved Brain and Culturally-Evolved Accounting Principles’

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Dec 2009
John W. Dickhaut, Sudipta Basu, Kevin A. McCabe and Gregory B. Waymire
Chapman University (Deceased), Temple University - Department of Accounting, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Accounting principles, economic exchange, neuroeconomics, primate brain

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Seeds of Innovation in Accounting Scholarship

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Seeds of Innovation in Accounting Scholarship

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Gregory B. Waymire
Emory University - Department of Accounting
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innovation, accounting research

Seeds of Innovation in Accounting Scholarship

Issues in Accounting Education, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Aug 2012
Gregory B. Waymire
Emory University - Department of Accounting
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innovation, accounting scholarship

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Sprouse’s What-You-May-Call-Its: Fundamental Insight or Monumental Mistake?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2010
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Recordkeeping Alters Economic History by Promoting Reciprocity

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Recordkeeping Alters Economic History by Promoting Reciprocity

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 22 May 2014
Sudipta Basu, John W. Dickhaut, Gary Hecht, Kristy L. Towry and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting, Chapman University (Deceased), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emory University and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Reciprocity, accounting, recordkeeping

Recordkeeping Alters Economic History by Promoting Reciprocity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 1009-1014, January 27, 2009
Posted: 21 Jan 2009
Sudipta Basu, John W. Dickhaut, Gary Hecht, Kristy L. Towry and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting, Chapman University (Deceased), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emory University and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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accounting, economic institutions, trust, memory, image score

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Professional Knowledge and the Historical Emergence of Accounting Norms

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2014
Sudipta Basu, Paul E. Madsen, David A. Reppenhagen and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting, University of Florida, UNCC - Turner School of Accountancy and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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knowledge sharing, norms, accounting profession, agent-based modeling

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The Economic Value of Debits = Credits

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2018
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Double-entry bookkeeping, economic exchange, profit measurement, discovery process

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Historical Cost and Conservatism are Joint Adaptations that Help Identify Opportunity Cost

Accounting, Economics and Law--A Convivium, Forthcoming, Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-004
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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conservatism, historical cost, opportunity cost, knowledge problem, discovery process

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A Peek Behind the Curtain that Conceals Self-Dealing

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2444129
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Gregory B. Waymire, Radhika Lunawat and Baohua Xin
Emory University - Department of Accounting, University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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self dealing, deception

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Financial Reporting and Moral Sentiments

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 May 2019
Radhika Lunawat, Timothy W. Shields and Gregory B. Waymire
University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area, Chapman University - George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Financial reporting, Blameworthy, Praiseworthy, Moral sentiments, Self-regulation

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Neuroaccounting: Consilience Between the Biologically Evolved Brain and Culturally Evolved Accounting Principles

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 221-255, 2010
Posted: 02 Aug 2010
John W. Dickhaut, Sudipta Basu, Kevin A. McCabe and Gregory B. Waymire
Chapman University (Deceased), Temple University - Department of Accounting, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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Accounting principles, human brain, evolution

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Sprouse's What-You-May-Call-It: Fundamental Insight or Monumental Mistake?

Accounting Historians Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 121-148, June 2010
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Sudipta Basu and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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Accounting principles, conceptual framework

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The Use of Accounting Numbers by Information Intermediaries in the Pre-Sec Era

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Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Sep 2004
Sudipta Basu, Rachna Prakash and Gregory B. Waymire
Temple University - Department of Accounting, University of Mississippi - Patterson School of Accountancy and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Language, Deception, and Social Loss in an Investment/Trust Game

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Dec 2011
John W. Dickhaut, Radhika Lunawat, Baohua Xin and Gregory B. Waymire
Chapman University (Deceased), University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Emory University - Department of Accounting
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Breach of contract, deception, disclosure information manipulation, trust game