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- Publisher
- Springer Journals
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- Subject
- Business and Management; Accounting/Auditing; Corporate Finance; Public Finance
- ISSN
- 1380-6653
- eISSN
- 1573-7136
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11142-012-9188-5
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
SFAS 142 requires managers to estimate the current fair value of goodwill to determine goodwill write-offs. In promulgating the standard, the FASB predicted that managers will, on average, use the fair-value estimates to convey private information on future cash flows. The current fair value of goodwill is unverifiable because it depends in part on management’s future actions (including managers’ conceptualization and implementation of firm strategy). Agency theory predicts managers will, on average, use the unverifiable discretion in SFAS 142 consistent with private incentives. We test these hypotheses in a sample of firms with market indications of goodwill impairment. Our evidence, while consistent with some agency-theory based predictions, does not confirm the private information hypothesis.
Journal
Review of Accounting Studies – Springer Journals
Published: May 23, 2012