Did SFAS 166/167 Decrease Information Asymmetry of Securitizing Banks?

Financial Review, Financial Review, Vol. 55, Issue 4, pp. 557-581, 2020

43 Pages Posted: 26 Jul 2015 Last revised: 5 Nov 2020

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Seda Oz

University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance

Date Written: November 13, 2019

Abstract

Beginning in 2010, mandated Financial Accounting Standards No. 166 and 167 (SFAS 166/167) changed the consolidation rules of securitization entities and required more information about their securitization activities. I find that securitizing banks experienced a decrease in information asymmetry from the pre- to the post-SFAS 166/167 periods, and that more visible securitizing banks are less sensitive to SFAS 166/167. These inferences are robust to a number of sensitivity analyses. This study is one of the first to provide evidence of the effects of SFAS 166/167 on the information asymmetry of securitizing banks.

Keywords: banks, regulations, securitizations, FAS 166, FAS 167, SFAS 166, SFAS 167, information asymmetry, disclosure

JEL Classification: D80, G21, G28, M41

Suggested Citation

Oz, Seda, Did SFAS 166/167 Decrease Information Asymmetry of Securitizing Banks? (November 13, 2019). Financial Review, Financial Review, Vol. 55, Issue 4, pp. 557-581, 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2635511 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2635511

Seda Oz (Contact Author)

University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance ( email )

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