Download or read book ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SFAS 158 written by Fang Sun and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Administration/Accounting

Download or read book The Economic Consequences of SFAS written by Abraham Nathan Fried and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Consequences of the Transition from Disclosure to Recognition of Pension Funded Status Following Sfas 158 written by Woo-Jin Chang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Credit Ratings Defined Benefit Pension Plans and SFAS 158 written by Dorothy Thompson and published by Dissertation Discovery Company. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the effect that the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 158 has on credit ratings for firms with defined benefit pension plans. The results show that, relative to other firms, firms that sponsor defined benefit pension plans have higher corporate credit ratings and that those scores decrease after the implementation of SFAS158. In addition, the more funded a defined benefit pension plan, the greater the credit rating. This positive relationship decreases after the implementation of SFAS 158. I rationalize these findings by asserting that defined benefit pension plan firms are subject to greater regulated scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service through pension plan audits, which results in higher credit quality. This favorable effect on credit quality decreases, however, after the implementation of SFAS 158 due to the increased recognition of the previously disclosed pension liability on the balance sheet. Dissertation Discovery Company and Jacksonville University are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Credit Ratings, Defined Benefit Pension Plans and SFAS 158: An Empirical Examination of Their Relationship" by Dorothy A. Thompson, was obtained from Jacksonville University and is being sold with permission from the author. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.

Download or read book Are Potential Effects of SFAS 158 Associated with Firms Decisions to Freeze Their Defined Benefit Pension Plans written by Cathy Beaudoin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates whether the recent clustering of defined benefit (DB) pension plan freeze announcements is motivated at least in part by accounting concerns due to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) pending adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 (SFAS 158). We examine freeze announcements during 2001-2006, a period which is marked by increasing sentiment for sweeping pension accounting reform starting with the passage of FRS 17 in the UK and culminating in the adoption of SFAS 158 in the U.S. Using logistic regression models, we compare 147 ldquo;freeze firmsrdquo; with a matched sample of firms that did not announce a DB plan freeze. Our models control for other possible motivations behind the DB plan freeze decision, particularly (1) as a potential response to stricter contribution requirements under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and (2) managers' professed rationale of improving the firm's competitive position. We find strong support for our hypothesis that the potential SFAS 158 impact is significantly associated with firms' decisions to freeze their DB plans. Our study contributes to research on potential effects of accounting policy by examining its influence on real management actions and has consequences for a variety of stakeholders including investors, creditors, and, importantly, pension beneficiaries and workers, as DB plans represent implicit contracts between firms and their employees.

Download or read book The Impact of the New Pension Accounting Rules FAS 158 on Financial Statement Analyses written by Jeffrey M. Lark and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we examine the effect of FAS 158 on some key financial ratios that are used for financial statement analyses. FAS 158 changes only the presentation of a company's pension obligations--not the substance. However, most key financial ratios will be affected because of the changes in reporting caused by FAS 158. For companies with overfunded pension plans, their assets and equity will decrease; for underfunded pension plans, their liabilities will increase while equity decreases. In this paper we explore the magnitude of the changes in key financial ratios brought about by implementing FAS 158.

Download or read book Does Recognition Versus Disclosure Matter written by Kun Yu and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: An important area of research and issue of interest for standard setters is whether information disclosure in the footnotes is a substitute for recognition in the financial statements. SFAS 158, issued in 2006, requires the recognition of pension liabilities that were only disclosed in the footnotes under SFAS 87, for the fiscal year ending after Dec. 15, 2006. I empirically examine whether the recognition of the previously disclosed off-balance-sheet pension liabilities affects investors' valuation and firms' contracting costs. I also incorporate levels of investor sophistication in my analyses. Using a sample of firms with pension liabilities that were disclosed under SFAS 87 and subsequently recognized under SFAS 158 from 1999 to 2007, I find that, without considering investor sophistication, SFAS 158 generally does not increase the value relevance of the previously disclosed off-balance-sheet pension liabilities. However, after taking into account investor sophistication, I show that the disclosed off-balance-sheet pension liabilities are more value relevant for firms with a higher level of investor sophistication in the pre-158 period; more importantly, I find that SFAS 158 significantly increases the value relevance of the previously disclosed off-balance-sheet pension liabilities for firms with a low proportion of sophisticated investors, and the increase in the value relevance is less pronounced for firms with a higher proportion of sophisticated investors. Consistent with the contracting theory, I find that requiring the recognition of previously only-disclosed liabilities affects the debt contracting cost and the cost of capital. However, only sophisticated investors appear to understand the effect of SFAS 158 on the debt contracting cost and the stock price. Overall, the results support that recognition affects investors' valuation and firms' contracting costs. The results also highlight the role of the level of investor sophistication in the value relevance of disclosed vs. recognized financial information.

Download or read book Revised Pension Rules and the Cost of Debt written by Kenneth W. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 significantly changes how firms report the financial position of their defined-benefit pension plans. Under this new standard, firms must report the funded status, equal to the net of the projected benefit obligation and the fair value of their pension plan assets, on the balance sheet. As a result, prior service costs and gains or losses, previously unrecognized but disclosed in footnotes to the financial statements, are included on the balance sheet. Using a sample of firms with defined-benefit pension plans over 1999-2005, this study examines the relation between yield spreads on new debt issues and recognized or disclosed pension information. The results show that both recognized and disclosed pension information are related to yield spreads. Further, there is no significant difference in the relation between pension information and yield spreads depending on the location of pension information in the financial statements. Overall, the results suggest that bond investors utilize both recognized and disclosed pension information in their pricing decisions, suggesting little potential impact of SFAS No. 158 on the cost of debt.

Download or read book Does Recognition Versus Disclosure Affect Debt Contract Design Evidence from SFAS 158 written by John Donovan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study how recognition versus disclosure affects the control function of accounting through the use of debt covenants. While research shows that recognition affects the value-relevance of reported amounts, the effect on contracting is unclear. We examine whether covenants changed around SFAS 158 adoption, which required recognition of previously disclosed pension liabilities. We find that pension underfunding is negatively associated with the use of capital (i.e., balance sheet) covenants prior to recognition. Post-SFAS 158, pension underfunding is associated with a higher likelihood of using capital covenants relative to the pre-period. We find no evidence that SFAS 158 alters the use of income statement covenants. Additional analysis suggests a decrease in cost of debt with no corresponding change in credit risk. Collectively, the evidence suggests that recognition enables more effective allocation of control through the use of covenants because financial statements better represent the financial condition of the borrower.

Download or read book Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting New Series Vol 15 written by Cheng F. Lee and published by Center for PBBEFR & Airiti Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Download or read book Accounting Theory written by Harry I. Wolk and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated Ninth Edition of Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment continues to be one of the most relevant and comprehensive texts on accounting theory. Authors Harry I. Wolk, James L. Dodd, John J. Rozycki provide a critical overview of accounting as a whole as well as touch on the financial issues in economic and political contexts, providing readers with an understanding of how current United States accounting standards were derived and where we might be headed in the future. Readers will find learning tools such as questions, cases, problems and writing assignments to solidify their understanding of accounting theory and gain new insights into this evolving field.

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Download or read book Corporate Governance in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis Volume IV written by Zabihollah Rezaee and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate governance has evolved as a central issue for public companies in the aftermath of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis. Corporate governance is a process (journey) of managing corporate affairs to create shareholder value and protect interests of other stakeholders. This book presents a road map for various functions and measures of corporate governance. The participants in the corporate governance process are the board of directors, executives, stakeholders, internal and external auditors, financial analysts, legal counsel, and regulators. This book is organized into four separate volumes; each volume can be utilized separately or in an integrated form. The first volume consists of five chapters that address the relevance and importance of corporate governance as well as the framework and structure of corporate governance. The second volume consists of four chapters that present the three prevailing corporate governance functions of oversight, management, and monitoring. The third volume consists of four chapters that address corporate governance functions performed by corporate gatekeepers, including policy makers, regulators, standard-setters, internal auditors, external auditors, legal counsel, and financial advisors. The fourth volume consists of five chapters that address the emerging issues in corporate governance, including governance for private companies and nonprofit organizations and convergence in global corporate governance.

Download or read book Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis written by Richard G. Schroeder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis: Text and Cases, 13th Edition illustrates how accounting standards impact the daily decisions of accounting professionals. This authoritative textbook shows how accounting theory explains why particular companies select certain accounting methods over others, and predicts the attributes of firms by analyzing their accounting methods. The text examines empirical research relevant to various theories of accounting and the uses of accounting information, including the fundamental analysis model, the efficient markets hypothesis, the behavioral finance model, the positive accounting theory model, the human information processing model, and the value creation model. Enabling students to develop an informed perspective on accounting theory, the text reviews the development and current state of accounting theory and summarizes current disclosure requirements for various financial statement items. The new edition has been fully revised to reflect current methods of accounting education, including the incorporation of ethics into the curriculum, the analysis of a company’s quality of earnings and sustainable income, the use of the internet as a source of information, the international dimensions of accounting, and more. Designed for undergraduate and graduate accounting majors, the text aligns with the latest curriculum changes in the CPA exam.

Download or read book Wiley GAAP 2008 written by Barry J. Epstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thorough study and analysis of all generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for 2008, restating the original, highly technical pronouncements in easy-to-understand terms while providing battle-tested implementation guidance and real-world examples.

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