{"id":1288,"date":"2020-01-20T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T14:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-fr\/events\/lunchseminar-in-economics-market-perceptions-of-fair-value-reporting-for-tangible-assets\/"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T14:43:19","slug":"lunchseminar-in-economics-market-perceptions-of-fair-value-reporting-for-tangible-assets","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-fr\/events\/lunchseminar-in-economics-market-perceptions-of-fair-value-reporting-for-tangible-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchseminar in Economics:  Market Perceptions of Fair Value Reporting for Tangible Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>This paper examines equity market perceptions of fair value reporting for tangible assets.\u00a0 We identify six events\u2014four designated as increasing, two as decreasing\u2014affecting the likelihood of US adoption of fair value reporting for investment property (i.e., real estate) assets, one of the largest asset classes in the world.\u00a0 Fair value adoption in the US would facilitate convergence of one of the widest remaining disparities between US reporting and IFRS: accounting for tangible investment property assets, where the US (IFRS) requires depreciated historical cost (recognized or disclosed fair values).\u00a0 Using a sample of US investment property firms, we document an on average positive market reaction for movement towards fair value reporting.\u00a0 We further find predictable cross-sectional variation, with the market reaction increasing for firms with greater commitment to high quality reporting, greater investor demand for fair values, higher financial risk, and staler asset values.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><i>Professor Riedl is<\/i><i>the John F. Smith Professor of Management, Professor of Accounting, and Chair of the Accounting Department in the Questrom School of Business. He joined Boston University in 2011; he was previously at the Harvard Business School from 2002-2011. \u00a0Prior to entering academia, he worked at a Big 6 auditor, in internal audit at a Fortune 250 oil company, and in corporate reporting at a real estate brokerage house. 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