Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets

In the current global financial turmoil, more transparency is needed, not less, say Singapore Management University professor of accounting Andrew Lee and accounting lecturer Lim Chu Yeong. While some critics argue that fair-value accounting is partly to blame and should be suspended, in a recent co...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.ksmu-10482018-07-04T08:50:47Z Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets Knowledge@SMU In the current global financial turmoil, more transparency is needed, not less, say Singapore Management University professor of accounting Andrew Lee and accounting lecturer Lim Chu Yeong. While some critics argue that fair-value accounting is partly to blame and should be suspended, in a recent commentary Lee and Lim made the case for fair-value accounting as having an important role to play in providing timely and relevant information to investors. 2008-11-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/49 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Accounting Business Finance and Financial Management
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Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
description In the current global financial turmoil, more transparency is needed, not less, say Singapore Management University professor of accounting Andrew Lee and accounting lecturer Lim Chu Yeong. While some critics argue that fair-value accounting is partly to blame and should be suspended, in a recent commentary Lee and Lim made the case for fair-value accounting as having an important role to play in providing timely and relevant information to investors.
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title Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
title_short Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
title_full Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
title_fullStr Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
title_full_unstemmed Fair-value Accounting Provides Much Needed Transparency in Dislocated Markets
title_sort fair-value accounting provides much needed transparency in dislocated markets
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