Essays about: "ias ifrs"
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1. Unraveling earnings management: A comprehensive analysis of loan loss provisions under IFRS 9 and the influence of executive remuneration
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study examines what impact the change from the Incurred Loss (IL) model under IAS 39 to the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model under IFRS 9 had on earnings management through loan loss provisions (LLP). By studying a sample of listed European banks, our findings suggest that CEOs manage earnings through LLP but with different loss recognition practices under the two accounting regimes, recognizing fewer LLP under IAS 39 and more under IFRS 9. READ MORE
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2. Hybrid Instruments and the Role played by Credit Rating Agencies and IAS 32
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Financial instruments with characteristics of equity (FICEs) are complex securities that have features lying in between equity and liability, making their classification particularly challenging. This paper has therefore explored several under-researched areas related to the issuance of FICEs by publicly trading European companies. READ MORE
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3. The effects of adoption of IFRS 16 on financial reports, financial measures and taxation - Evidence from the Swedish retail industry
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper examines the transition from IAS 17 to IFRS 16 in terms of the effects on the financial report, financial ratios, and taxation for various Swedish retail companies. The study was carried out as a multiple case study were accounting data was extracted from annual reports. READ MORE
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4. The Expected Credit Loss Model's Impact on the Cyclicality of Credit Supply: A Study of the Implementation of IFRS 9
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : The accounting standard for recognizing loan loss provisions changed in 2018 from IAS 39 to IFRS 9. IFRS 9 introduced the expected credit loss model (ECL), intended to be an improved alternative to its predecessor, the incurred credit loss model (ICL), which was criticized for the "too little, too late" provisioning during the 2008 financial crisis. READ MORE
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5. Goodwill Impairment and Earnings Management in the year of the pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of the research is to analyze managers’ use of accounting discretion in goodwill impairment losses of European firms in 2020 – a year of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – and whether the discretion employed reflects earnings management. Methodology: The difference in earnings between impairers and non-impairers is analyzed by employing a Mann-Whitney U-test and an independent T-test. READ MORE
