Financial Accounting (10th Edition) – eBook

About The Author

Donald E. Kieso

Professor Donald E. Kieso, Ph.D., C.P.A., earned his bachelor's from Aurora University and doctorate from the University of Illinois. He is the KPMG Peat Marwick Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Northern Illinois University and has chaired the Department of Accountancy. Kieso has experience with Arthur Andersen & Co. and Price Waterhouse & Co., and has conducted research for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has been a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley and received NIU's Teaching Excellence Award and 4 Golden Apple Teaching Awards. An author of numerous accounting books, he is involved with several accounting associations and has served on various committees. Dr. Kieso has received several awards for his contributions to education.

Jerry J. Weygandt

Dr. Jerry J. Weygandt, PhD, CPA, is Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois. Articles by Jerry have appeared in the Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting Research, and other academic and professional journals. These articles have examined such financial reporting issues as convertible securities, accounting for price-level adjustments, pensions, stock option contracts, and interim reports. Dr. Jerry is author of other accounting and financial reporting books and is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on numerous committees of the American Accounting Association and as a member of the editorial board of the Accounting Review; he also has served as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Accounting Association. Jerry is the recipient of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs Outstanding Educator's Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001 he received the American Accounting Association's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.

Paul D. Kimmel

Dr. Paul D. Kimmel, CPA, PhD, received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Wisconsin. Paul is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and has public accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche (Minneapolis).

Dr. Kimmel was the recipient of the UWM School of Business Advisory Council Teaching Award and the Reggie Taite Excellence in Teaching Award and is a 3-time winner of the Outstanding Teaching Assisting Award at the University of Wisconsin. He is also a recipient of the Elijah Watts Sells Award for Honorary Distinction for his results on the CPA exam. He has published numerous articles in Accounting Horizons, Accounting Review, Managerial Finance, Advances in Management Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education, Issues in Accounting Education, as well as other journals.

Paul's research interests include accounting for financial instruments and innovation in accounting education. He has published papers and given many talks on incorporating critical thinking into accounting education and helped prepare a catalog of critical thinking resources for the Federated Schools of Accountancy.