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



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Autore: Laeven Luc Visualizza persona
Titolo: Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis / / Luc Laeven, Harry Huizinga Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009
Descrizione fisica: 41 p. : ill
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: United States
Altri autori: HuizingaHarry  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4623-3255-2
1-4518-7354-9
1-282-84413-X
9786612844133
1-4527-3492-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788226703321
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Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2009/207