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Much attention has been paid to the large decreases in value of non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS …
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Fair value accounting has been argued as one contributing factor to the recent global financial crisis occurred from 2007 to 2008. However, recent empirical studies find no significant evidence for this role of fair value accounting. One reason for this inconsistency comes from the weaknesses of...
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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...
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This paper examines the selective trading of available-for-sale (AFS) securities by U.S. banks after the implementation of fair value accounting under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 320. Our findings suggest firms still engage...
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This paper examines the opinions of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of public companies in the U.S. with respect to the choice of fair value accounting for non-financial assets. Based on 209 surveyed firms, we first show that the majority of CFOs are resistant to fair value accounting for...
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We analyze link between mortgage-related regulatory penalties levied on banks and the level of systemic risk in the U …
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of the Danish mortgage finance system and compare and contrast it to the U.S. system. We also note characteristics of the … Danish model that may be of interest as the United States considers further mortgage finance reform. In particular, the … borrowers the option to repurchase their mortgage at the market price, mitigating "lock-in" effects. Danish mortgage …
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