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universal bank with investment banking and commercial banking activities. We run simulations for different strategies (fully … restrictive hedge accounting rules, banks cannot adequately portray their best practice risk management activities under Current …
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-led growth in this paper. The inherent tension between providing sufficient profit incentive to motivate investment by the …
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the face value and can we reliably measure it? To what extent is the economic value sensitive to yield curve changes? In … this paper, we try to answer the above questions. The valuation is performed on yield curve, deposit rate and deposit … (yield curve level versus slope shock) and on the average decay rate. We assess the reliability of the reported point …
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Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces. We recognize the advantage...
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In the face of political pressure in 2009, the FASB relaxed fair value rules to give managers more discretion in measurement of fair value. Supporters argued that the accounting regulatory change would help convey managers' private information on the measurement of fair values, while critics of...
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We investigate IFRS non-GAAP earnings adjustments for fair value remeasurements made by companies and analysts and the usefulness of these disclosures for analysts. Examining Australian listed (ASX 200) companies during 2008-2010 (576 firm-years), we find that companies disclosing non-GAAP...
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We examine how fair value accounting affects debt contract design, specifically the use and definition of financial covenants in private loan contracts. Using SFAS 159 adoption as our setting, we find that a small but significant proportion of loans (14.5%) modify covenant definitions to exclude...
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