Accounting Services and Growth in Small Economies: Evidence from the Caribbean Basin

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The Caribbean basin region has experienced many economic changes in the new global environment. The islands' business enterprises must function effectively if they are to improve the commercial position of the region's individual economies. This book examines the role producer services, specifically the major accounting firms, play in the sustainability and expansion of the Caribbean basin economies. The first part establishes the frame of reference for the book. A specific and detailed review of accounting services provided throughout the region follows. The third chapter describes the legal and institutional parameters facing accounting practice in the basin. The last section summarizes the general roles of services as they grow and change as well as the economic impact of accounting services.

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David L. McKee is Professor of Economics at Kent State University. A specialist in economic development and regional economics, he is the author of numerous books, including Accounting Services, the International Economy, and Third World Development (Praeger, 1992) and Accounting Services, Growth, and Change in the Pacific Basin (Quorum, 1996), both with Don E. Garner. Don E. Garner is Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting at California State University, Stanislaus. He is a certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor as well as a specialist in auditing and accounting theory. Yosra AbuAmara McKee, PhD, is a member of a statewide research team funded by the Ohio Urban Universities Program. She is also co-author of Beyond Edge Cities (1997).