FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY AND EARNINGS VOLATILITY

Slavko Sodan ()
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Slavko Sodan: University of Split

Economic Thought and Practice, 2019, vol. 28, issue 2, 567-577

Abstract: International Financial Reporting Standard 13 establishes a fair value hierarchy that categorizes sources of information used to measure fair value into three levels. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between the use of Level 2 and Level 3 fair value inputs (i.e. mark-to-model) and earnings volatility. The main assumption is that Level 2 and Level 3 inputs are more subjective, contain more measurement errors and allow managers to use their earnings management practices more often in comparison to Level 1 inputs. This estimation error in the measurement of assets and liabilities can be a source of additional financial statement volatility. Accordingly, when assets and liabilities are volatile, so are earnings. Most prior studies were mainly focused on the impact of the fair value hierarchy on the earnings value relevance. However, there is a lack of reliable empirical evidence on fair value hierarchy effects on earnings volatility and this study tries to fill that void.

Keywords: Fair value; Earnings volatility; Fair value hierarchy; Level 3 inputs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M40 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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