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| Title: | | Fair value reclassifications of financial assets during the financial crisis  |
| Authors: | | Bischof, Jannis Brüggemann, Ulf Daske, Holger |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | SFB 649 discussion paper 2012-010 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | bank regulation fair value accounting financial crisis IAS 39 IFRS 7 |
| JEL: | | G14 G21 G28 M41 M48 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | SFB 649 Discussion Papers, HU Berlin
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