We examine the impact of SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, on the reporting behavior of commercial banks and the informativeness of their financial statements. We argue that, because mandatory recognition of hedge ineffectiveness under SFAS 133 reduced...

Studies suggest that, pursuant to the implementation of SFAS 133, even sophisticated users of financial statements find it difficult to comprehend earnings implications of hedging derivatives. Moreover, due to stringent hedge accounting requirements under these standards, many economic hedges do...

In 2002, a number of regulatory actions were introduced to alleviate the conflicts of interest faced by research analysts with investment banking affiliations. While the regulations have been beneficial to the extent that they eliminated these conflicts, they also gave rise to unintended...