Koonce, Lisa; Toynbee, Sara; White, Brian J. - 2021
We test whether an impending change in the accounting for goodwill mitigates bias in the initial values that acquirers … accounting alters, but does not eliminate, bias in acquisition-date fair values. Specifically, we provide the new insight that … not affect future earnings, as under the planned accounting change. Further, this preference regarding the composition of …