Define Self-Serving Bias

question 17

Short Answer

Define self-serving bias.

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Definitions:

Equity Method

An accounting technique used for recording investments in associate companies where the investment is initially recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted for the investor’s share of the net profits or losses of the investee.

Consolidation Worksheet Entries

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Fair Value

An estimate of the price at which an asset or liability could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties.

Unamortized Patent

The portion of a patent's cost that has not yet been expensed in the income statement over its useful life.