The recent financial crisis has led to a major debate about fair-value accounting. Many critics have argued that fair …-value accounting, often also called mark-to-market accounting, has significantly contributed to the financial crisis or, at least …, exacerbated its severity. In this paper, we assess these arguments and examine the role of fair-value accounting in the financial …

The recent financial crisis has led to a major debate about fair-value accounting. Many critics have argued that fair …-value accounting, often also called mark-to-market accounting, has significantly contributed to the financial crisis or, at least …, exacerbated its severity. In this paper, we assess these arguments and examine the role of fair-value accounting in the financial …

The recent financial crisis has led to a major debate about fair-value accounting. Many critics have argued that fair …-value accounting, often also called mark-to-market accounting, has significantly contributed to the financial crisis or, at least …, exacerbated its severity. In this paper, we assess these arguments and examine the role of fair-value accounting in the financial …

The recent financial crisis has led to a major debate about fair-value accounting. Many critics have argued that fair …-value accounting, often also called mark-to-market accounting, has significantly contributed to the financial crisis or, at least …, exacerbated its severity. In this paper, we assess these arguments and examine the role of fair-value accounting in the financial …

The recent financial crisis has led to a major debate about fair-value accounting. Many critics have argued that fair …-value accounting, often also called mark-to-market accounting, has significantly contributed to the financial crisis or, at least …, exacerbated its severity. In this paper, we assess these arguments and examine the role of fair-value accounting in the financial …

This paper investigates what we can learn from the financial crisis about the link between accounting and financial … accounting debate during and shortly after the crisis. Widespread claims about the role of fair-value (or mark …-to-market) accounting in the crisis have been debunked. However, we identify several other core issues for the link between accounting and …