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Fair Value Accounting (FVA): An Overview of Key Issues

In: Fair Value Accounting: Key Issues Arising from the Financial Crisis

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  • Elisa Menicucci

    (Polytechnic University of Marche)

Abstract

Most of the debates of accounting studies focus on the differences between two alternative accounting methods: the approach based on fair value (FVA) and the model based on historical cost (HCA). Both FVA and HCA are in wide use and have their supporters and critics. Proponents of FVA assert it delivers more timely and relevant market information despite the improved use of estimates and judgments, while opponents argue it provides unreliable market information that can misinform investors. Anyway, FVA is considered a good accounting model to assure more reliable financial information, but the reliability of the FVA measurement depends on the availableness of an active market. When markets are severely illiquid, as they are during a credit crunch, FVA implies significant practical difficulties for preparers of financial statements.

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  • Elisa Menicucci, 2015. "Fair Value Accounting (FVA): An Overview of Key Issues," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Fair Value Accounting: Key Issues Arising from the Financial Crisis, chapter 2, pages 17-54, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-1-137-44826-2_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137448262_2
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