Kim, Jaewoo; Wasley, Charles E.; Wu, Joanna Shuang - 2016 - Current draft: June 2016
Since 2010 a number of firms have voluntarily adopted mark-to-market (MTM) accounting for the actuarial gains and … losses associated with their defined benefit pension plans. While pension accounting rules have allowed such a choice since … accounting is driven by a combination of macroeconomic factors (a low interest rate environment), managerial opportunism related …