Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322888 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 12-21
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
The reason for this research is that at the beginning of the 21st century, some important changes were introduced in the international standards of accounting affecting reporting on goodwill. The intentions of the standard-setting bodies in drafting the new rules were that the financial statements would better reflect the underlying economics of the acquired goodwill.1 In this research it is tested whether goodwill under the new accounting regime does reflect underlying economics and therefore provides information on expected value creation of the acquisition. The results of the research show that goodwill contains elements of value creation: characteristics of valuecreating acquisitions have a positive effect on purchased goodwill. However, also other characteristics determine the amount of purchased goodwill.
Subjects: 
Goodwill
Mergers and Acquisitions
SFAS 141
SFAS 142
Value Creation
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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