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100 1 _aSellhorn, Thorsten
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245 1 0 _aGoodwill Impairment : An Empirical Investigation of Write-Offs under SFAS 142
260 _aBern
_bPeter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
_c2018
300 _a1 electronic resource (350 p.)
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aIn 2001, goodwill amortization in the US was eliminated in favor of an impairment-only approach, which, according to critics, gives managers vast discretion and opportunities for earnings management. Prior research suggests that discretionary asset write-offs are associated with economic factors and managers’ financial reporting objectives. Based on a systematic literature review, this study investigates for a comprehensive sample of US firms the determinants of goodwill write-off behavior. Regression analysis shows that write-off behavior is significantly explained by firms’ economic properties. Only in large, high-profile firms, incentives appear to be significant determinants. These findings suggest that the impairment-only approach does capture goodwill impairment at least to some extent.
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650 7 _aAccounting: study & revision guides
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650 7 _aBudgeting & financial management
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653 _aBilanzpolitik
653 _aEmpirical
653 _aFirmenwert
653 _aGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles
653 _aGeschäftswert
653 _aGoodwill
653 _aGoodwill
653 _aImpairment
653 _aImpairment
653 _aInvestigation
653 _aOffs
653 _aSellhorn
653 _aSFAS
653 _aunder
653 _aUSA
653 _aUS-GAAP
653 _aWertberichtigung
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