The Impact of Fair Value Accounting on the Crisis in Banking Sector of Eu and USA

Šaban Gračanin and Edin Kalač

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2011, vol. 24, issue 2, 126-153

Abstract: Authors who criticize fair value accounting (FVA) claim that the use of fair value accounting as a measurement attribute had essential impact on the origin, spreading and strengthening of actual global financial crisis. Similar outlook towards the possible impact of fair value accounting on the stability of global financial system and real economy was previously expressed by the European Central Bank (ECB), in its notes and assumptions. In the light of above mentioned criticism, of great number of researches and ongoing debates over the FVA issue, in the center of the world accounting and financial community currently are requirements for a deep reform and even withdrawal of FVA standards. In this work we analyze the correctness of such statements and the impact of fair value accounting on the EU and USA banks financial results before and during the crisis. We will try to answer the questions - Whether the use of fair value accounting contributed to originating and strengthening of the current financial crisis? Would the market have reacted differently if the banks hadn’t shown financial losses during 2008? Should regulatory institutions still insist upon the use of fair value?The analysis is based on the secondary data. Sources of secondary data for this topic are surveys, organizational records and data collected through qualitative research in literature.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2011.11517462

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