Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the significant clustering of defined benefit (DB) pension plan freeze announcements during 2001‐2006 is motivated at least in part by accounting concerns due to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's pending adoption of Statement...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, in the context of movement towards a fair‐value based pension accounting standard, the value relevance of both recognized and disclosed pension accounting information. Design/methodology/approach – Using hand‐collected data from Fortune...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the significant clustering of defined benefit (DB) pension plan freeze announcements during 2001-2006 is motivated at least in part by accounting concerns due to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's pending adoption of Statement...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, in the context of movement towards a fair-value based pension accounting standard, the value relevance of both recognized and disclosed pension accounting information. Design/methodology/approach – Using hand-collected data from Fortune 200...