2008
DOI: 10.1080/17449480802510542
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Fair Value Accounting is the Wrong Scapegoat for this Crisis

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“…Critics argue that FVA, often also called mark-to-market accounting (MTM), 1 has significantly contributed to the financial crisis and exacerbated its severity for financial institutions in the U.S. and around the world. 2 On the other extreme, proponents of FVA argue that it merely played the role of the proverbial messenger that is now being shot (e.g., Turner, 2008;Veron, 2008). 3 In our view, there are problems with both positions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Critics argue that FVA, often also called mark-to-market accounting (MTM), 1 has significantly contributed to the financial crisis and exacerbated its severity for financial institutions in the U.S. and around the world. 2 On the other extreme, proponents of FVA argue that it merely played the role of the proverbial messenger that is now being shot (e.g., Turner, 2008;Veron, 2008). 3 In our view, there are problems with both positions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The supporters of FVA claims that fi nancial reporting based on FV is just a messenger, which transmit information on what has actually happened (Financial Times, 2008b). Veron (2008) and Andre et al (2009) carry out a deeper analysis of the role of FVA in the current crisis and the effort to "shoot the messenger". Escaffre et al (2008) argues against virulent attacks on fair value accounting due to its (alleged) pro-cyclicality.…”
Section: Background and Literature Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Assim como Barth (2008), Rummel (2008), Veron (2008) e Andre et al (2009) também defendem o uso do valor justo, mas dessa vez ao abordarem o ponto em que seu uso, nas demonstrações contábeis, seria como um mensageiro com o intuito de transmitir informações sobre o que realmente aconteceu com a entidade, sem poder ser confundido com uma valoração em benefício próprio, pois busca apenas apresentar a performance financeira da entidade.…”
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