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Goodwill under IFRS: Relevance and disclosures in an unfavorable environment

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  • Diogenis Baboukardos
  • Gunnar Rimmel

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The accounting treatment of purchased goodwill under IFRS has been severely criticized due to the extensive use of fair value accounting. The purpose of this study is to enrich the ongoing debate upon this issue by drawing attention to the market valuation implications of goodwill in a country outside the Anglo-Saxon accounting paradigm, where the application of fair value accounting has been seen as more problematic. The results indicate that, in the case of purchased goodwill, fair value accounting generates relevant accounting numbers but only in companies that comply highly with IFRS disclosure requirements.

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  • Diogenis Baboukardos & Gunnar Rimmel, 2014. "Goodwill under IFRS: Relevance and disclosures in an unfavorable environment," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(1), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:38:y:2014:i:1:p:1-17
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2013.11.001
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