Philip Brown, along with Ray Ball and William Beaver, is one of the founding fathers of capital markets research in accounting. It is therefore very useful to have access to a collection of essays and re-published papers that document the intellectual and personal development of one of these important figures.
Following an informative Foreword by Stephen Zeff, the series editor, the book lists the many papers and books published by Brown. There are about 90 items spanning the period 1967 to 2011, an average of roughly two items a year. Of these, Brown has published around 62 journal articles. The Introduction to the book nicely links the history of the academic outputs to the life and travels of the author. Young academics will be especially interested in this, as it will help them to think about how to plan their career as a whole, taking into account the demands of...
