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Fair Value Reclassifications of Financial Assets During the Financial CrisisJannis BischofUniversity of Mannheim Ulf BrüggemannHumboldt University of Berlin - School of Business and Economics Holger DaskeUniversity of Mannheim July 29, 2011 Abstract: 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 forgo the recognition of fair value losses and ultimately the regulatory costs of supervisory intervention. Analyses of stock market reactions suggest that a small subset of the most troubled banks benefit from such reclassifications. However, analyses of related footnote disclosures reveal that two-thirds of reclassifying banks do not fully comply with the accompanying IFRS 7 requirements. These banks experience a significant increase in bid-ask spreads in the long run.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 56 Keywords: Bank Regulation, Fair Value Accounting, Financial Crisis, IAS 39, IFRS 7 JEL Classification: G14, G21, G28, M41, M48 working papers seriesDate posted: June 23, 2010 ; Last revised: August 4, 2011Suggested CitationContact Information
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