Philip Wilkes Bell (1924–2007) was an American accounting scholar and professor of accounting, known for seeking "to bring accounting and economics closer together.""Philip W. Bell," ''The Accounting Hall of Fame,'' Accessed 2015-04-10.

Biography

Bell was born in 1924 in New York City to Samuel D. Bell and Miriam Wilkes Bell. He obtained his BA in economics from Princeton University in 1947, his MA in economics from

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in 1949, and back at Princeton his PhD in international economics in 1954 under guidance of

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with the thesis, entitled "The Sterling Area in the Post-War World."Peasnell, Kenneth, and Geoffrey Whittington.
The contribution of Philip W. Bell to accounting thought
" ''Accounting Horizons'' 24.3 (2010): 509-518. In World War II Bell had served as pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and back in the States he was correspondent for The New York Times in the year 1946–1947. In 1952 he started his academic career as assistant professor in economics at

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. After other academic positions in economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Boston University, in 1978 he was appointed William Alexander Kirkland Professor of Accounting and Economics at

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. Bell developed his interest in international economics, especially international financial flows, development economics and economic development. He was consultant for the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State, the U. S. Agency for International Development, and among others for the Kenyan government. He was inducted into the

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in 2003.

Selected publications

* Edgar O Edwards and Bell, Philip W. ''The theory and measurement of business income.'' Univ of California Press, 1961. * Edwards, Edgar O., Philip W. Bell, and L. Todd Johnson. ''Accounting for economic events.'' Scholars Book Company, 1979. Articles, a selection: * Bell, Philip W. "Private capital movements and the US balance of payments position." ''Factors affecting the United States balance of payments'' (1962): 395–481.

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