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The impact of IFRS goodwill reporting on financial analysts' equity valuation judgements: some experimental evidence

The impact of IFRS goodwill reporting on financial analysts' equity valuation judgements: some... This article uses an experiment to investigate how professional financial analysts evaluate a corporate acquisition announced by an IFRS preparer. The findings suggest that professional analysts are affected by preparers' acquisition premium allocations in a potentially misleading way as the participants considered the acquisition to be value‐enhancing when the premium was allocated to goodwill, but value‐reducing when allocated to identifiable intangible assets. These effects were mitigated at the aggregate level when additional discounted cash flow analysis information was provided; however, there were significant differences in information search behaviour as quite many participants focused primarily on the exploitation of earnings information. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Accounting & Finance Wiley

The impact of IFRS goodwill reporting on financial analysts' equity valuation judgements: some experimental evidence

Accounting & Finance , Volume 56 (1) – Mar 1, 2016

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Wiley
Copyright
Accounting and Finance © 2016 AFAANZ
ISSN
0810-5391
eISSN
1467-629X
DOI
10.1111/acfi.12189
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Abstract

This article uses an experiment to investigate how professional financial analysts evaluate a corporate acquisition announced by an IFRS preparer. The findings suggest that professional analysts are affected by preparers' acquisition premium allocations in a potentially misleading way as the participants considered the acquisition to be value‐enhancing when the premium was allocated to goodwill, but value‐reducing when allocated to identifiable intangible assets. These effects were mitigated at the aggregate level when additional discounted cash flow analysis information was provided; however, there were significant differences in information search behaviour as quite many participants focused primarily on the exploitation of earnings information.

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Published: Mar 1, 2016

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