Peter Fiechter

University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis

Rue A.-L. Breguet 2

Neuchatel, CH-2000

Switzerland

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

Real Effects of a Widespread CSR Reporting Mandate: Evidence from the European Union’s CSR Directive

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2022
Peter Fiechter, Joerg-Markus Hitz and Nico Lehmann
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR); disclosure regulation; real effects; Directive 2014/95; European Union (EU); Non-financial reporting directive (NFRD)

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Real Effects in Anticipation of Mandatory Disclosures: Evidence from the European Union’s CSR Directive

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2019
Peter Fiechter, Joerg-Markus Hitz and Nico Lehmann
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
Downloads 2,057 (16,204)
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corporate social responsibility (CSR), disclosure regulation, real effects, stakeholder reactions

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Application of the Fair Value Option Under IAS 39: Effects on the Volatility of Bank Earnings

Journal of International Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 May 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2011
Peter Fiechter
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis
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Fair Value Option (FVO), Earnings Volatility, Fair Value Accounting, Banks, IAS 39, Subprime Crisis

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Reclassification of Financial Assets Under IAS 39: Impact on European Banks’ Financial Statements

Accounting in Europe, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2010
Peter Fiechter
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis
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Reclassification, Financial Assets, Fair Value Accounting, Banks, IAS 39, Financial Crisis

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Discretionary Measurement of Level 3 Fair Values During the 2008 Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2016
Peter Fiechter and Conrad Meyer
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and University of Zurich - Institute for Accounting and Control
Downloads 1,628 (23,352)
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Level 3 fair values, earnings management, Financial Crisis, loan loss provisions (LLP), other comprehensive income (OCI)

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The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Information in Supply-Chain Contracting: Evidence from the Expansion of CSR Rating Coverage

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 24 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2024
Nanyang Technological University, University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR), stakeholder decision-making, CSR information shock, supply chain contracting, CSR rating vendors

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The Impact of the Institutional Environment on the Value Relevance of Fair Values

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2017
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 17 May 2017
Peter Fiechter and Zoltán Novotny-Farkas
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Fair Value Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Value Relevance, Institutional Accounting, Information Environment

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Determinants and Consequences of a Voluntary Turn Away from IFRS to Local GAAP: Evidence from Switzerland

European Accounting Review Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2017
Peter Fiechter, Jérôme Halberkann and Conrad Meyer
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Zurich - Institute for Business Administration and University of Zurich - Institute for Accounting and Control
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IFRS, small and mid-cap companies, ownership structure, Swiss GAAP, reporting costs and benefits

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The Impact of the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis on European Banks’ Disclosure and its Economic Consequences

The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. (51), No. (1), 2016
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Peter Fiechter and Jie Zhou
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and University of Zurich
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Greek sovereign debt crisis, disclosure, cost of capital, European banks, risk information

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Do ESG disclosure mandates affect the competitive position of public and private firms?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 May 2024
Peter Fiechter, Joerg-Markus Hitz and Nico Lehmann
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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ESG, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate customers, supply chains, disclosure regulation, competition, public firms, private firms

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Are Level 3 fair value remeasurements useful? Evidence from ASC 820 rollforward disclosures

The Accounting Review (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Dec 2021
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, Vienna University of Economics and Business and BI Norwegian School of Business
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Fair value accounting, Level 3, return relevance, ASC 820, FAS 157, other comprehensive income (OCI), fair value disclosures

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The IFRS Option to Reclassify Financial Assets out of Fair Value in 2008: The Roles Played by Regulatory Capital and Too-Important-To-Fail Status

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 19-18
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 May 2017
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance and BI Norwegian School of Business
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Too Important to Fail, Fair Value Accounting, Bank Regulation, Financial Crisis

13.

Do Industry-Specific Standards Matter for Capital Allocation Decisions?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2024
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance and BI Norwegian School of Business
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Capital flows, Industry-specific standards, Accounting standards, Comparability, Transparency, Accounting uniformity, Stacked regression

14.

The Impact of the Institutional Environment on Analysts’ Herding Behavior: Evidence from Broker Acquisitions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Dec 2020
Peter Fiechter and Louis Mangeney
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and Catholic University of Lille - IESEG School of Management
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Security Analyst, Herding Behavior, Mergers, Acquisitions, Institutions

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Bold Analysts or Bold Banks: Do Institutional Factors Drive Herding Behavior?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Apr 2013
Reto Cueni and Peter Fiechter
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis
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Herding behavior, Financial analysts, Brokerage, Institutional factors, Ownership, Private vs. public Firms

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Are Level 3 Fair Value Gains and Losses Return Relevant? Evidence from Fas 157 Rollforward Disclosures

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Aug 2019
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, Vienna University of Economics and Business and BI Norwegian School of Business
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Fair value accounting, Level 3, fair value gains and losses, value relevance, return relevance, FAS 157 (ASC 820), U.S. banks, other comprehensive income (OCI), illiquidity

17.

Estimating discretionary accruals in the cross-section of firms: a reinterpretation of the Jones model and its variants

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2024
Peter Fiechter and Martin Wallmeier
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science
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Earnings management, Jones model, Discretionary accruals, Normal accruals, Bayesian analysis, Total accruals. JEL: M41, G17

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The Disappearance of the Zero-Earnings Discontinuity: SOX, Dotcom Boom or Gradual Decline?

Finance Research Letters, 2022
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2022
University of Fribourg - University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis and University of Fribourg - Faculty of Economics and Social Science
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Earnings management, Zero-earnings discontinuity, SOX, Dotcom boom, Earnings distribution, Small loss avoidance

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Real Effects of a Widespread CSR Reporting Mandate: Evidence from the European Union's CSR Directive

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 60, Issue 4 (2022)
Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Peter Fiechter, Joerg-Markus Hitz and Nico Lehmann
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis, University of Tübingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

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corporate social responsibility (CSR); disclosure regulation; real effects; Directive 2014/95; European Union (EU); non-financial reporting directive (NFRD)

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The Effects of the Fair Value Option Under IAS 39 on the Volatility of Bank Earnings

Journal of International Accounting Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2011
Posted: 18 Jan 2011
Peter Fiechter
University of Neuchatel - Institute of Financial Analysis

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fair value option, FVO, earnings volatility, fair value accounting, financial instruments, IAS 39, banks