Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis /

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 mo...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Laeven, Luc
Rannpháirtithe: Huizinga, Harry
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/207
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF