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Asset Reclassifications and Bank Recapitalization During the Financial Crisis

Regulators frequently relax accounting rules during a financial crisis as a means of regulatory forbearance. The new accounting options provide banks with an opportunity for an accrual-based increase in their regulatory capital. The use of such an accounting option helps reduce the costs of government interventions such as bailouts and avoid the dilution of existing shareholders’ ownership rights. We examine the introduction of the reclassification option for financial assets during the 2008 financial crisis and study the position of accrual-based options in the pecking order of banks’ recapitalization measures. The findings suggest that the accrual-based increase in regulatory capital is temporary and does not provide permanent relief. Consistent with the long-term costs of accrual-based measures, investors perceive the accounting choice as a negative signal. If banks do not complement their use of the accounting option by other corrective actions that result in a real capital increase and a liquidity injection, they continue to suffer from low capitalization and financial difficulties in the following years. Ultimately, government interventions in accounting regulation are unlikely to offer a sustainable solution to capital shortfalls in the banking sector if they are not supported by the concurrent enforcement of real corrective actions.

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Judul Seri

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; Vol.69 No.1 January 2023

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: .,

Deskripsi Fisik

p. 75-100

Bahasa

English

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NONE

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

FINANCIAL CRISIS
IFRS
BANK REGULATION
FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING
REGULATORY CAPITAL
RECAPITALIZATION

Info Detail Spesifik

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4364

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Jannis Bischof, Ulf Bruggemann, Holger Daske

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