1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003651699707536

Autore

Hayli, Avram

Titolo

Newton : la vita, il pensiero, i testi esemplari / Avram Hayli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Accademia, 1971

Descrizione fisica

254 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

I memorabili ; 26

Classificazione

LC QC16.N7

Disciplina

509.24

Soggetti

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788226703321

Autore

Laeven Luc

Titolo

Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis / / Luc Laeven, Harry Huizinga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-3255-2

1-4518-7354-9

1-282-84413-X

9786612844133

1-4527-3492-5

Descrizione fisica

41 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

HuizingaHarry

Soggetti

Banks and banking

Accounting - Corrupt practices

Banks and Banking

Financial Risk Management

Investments: General

Industries: Financial Services

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions



Mortgages

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

International Financial Markets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Banking

Finance

Financial services law & regulation

Investment & securities

Loans

Loan loss provisions

Asset valuation

Securities

State supervision

Asset-liability management

Financial instruments

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper shows that banks use accounting discretion to overstate the value of distressed assets. Banks' balance sheets overvalue real estate-related assets compared to the market value of these assets, especially during the U.S. mortgage crisis. Share prices of banks with large exposure to mortgage-backed securities also react favorably to recent changes in accounting rules that relax fair-value accounting, and these banks provision less for bad loans. Furthermore, distressed banks use discretion in the classification of mortgage-backed securities to inflate their books. Our results indicate that banks' balance sheets offer a distorted view of the financial health of the banks.