Bischof, Jannis; Brüggemann, Ulf; Daske, Holger - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2012
At the peak of the financial crisis in October 2008, the IASB amended IAS 39 to grant companies the option of abandoning fair value recognition for selected financial assets. Using a comprehensive global sample of publicly listed IFRS banks, we find that banks use the reclassification option to...