公允价值会计涉及的三个层次基本理论问题

本文认为公允价值计量模式是与财务报告的决策有用性目标相一致的,如果财务报告决策有用性的目标不能被推翻,则公允价值计量模式不会被取消。但是公允价值计量模式在短期内不会成为唯一的计量模式,21世纪将是混合计量模式的时代。既然混合计量模式将是未来相当长时期内的主要会计计量模式,那么各财务报表项目采用何种计量属性应以财务报表需达到的质量要求为判断依据,采用公允价值计量的项目应提高其信息质量。     

金融危机背景下的公允价值会计问题研究

公允价值会计因被指责具有"顺周期效应"而成为全球注目的焦点。本文论述了顺周期效应的根源,即财务报告与金融监管政策的关联性和次贷产品的复杂性;剖析了当前公允价值会计争论的实质,即金融工具是否应按公允价值计量。文章揭示了金融机构欲在金融工具领域废止公允价值会计、更广泛地应用摊余成本的动机,并在阐述美国金融工具计量实务历史经验的基础上,论证了"将扩大公允价值应用确定为金融工具会计长期目标"的正确性。文章还论述了识别非活跃市场和强迫交易的途径。     

商业银行要以市场化经营手段化解“贷款难”

近几年来,"贷款难"已经成为围绕我国商业银行经营发展的一个突出问题.     

公允价值会计与市场波动

2008年金融危机的爆发,使得公允价值会计倍受关注。一个焦点问题是:公允价值会计是否会加剧市场波动。我们针对2007—2011年中国A股市场的情况对这一问题进行了实证研究,主要结论如下:1)股价能够反应公允价值会计信息,且在市场波动期比平稳期反应更显著;2)公允价值会计信息与波动率之间的正相关关系在市场波动期比在平稳期更加显著;3)波动率与公允价值会计信息的正相关性主要出现在长周期上。     

Performance Reporting under Fair Value Accounting

Abstract

This paper compares performance measurement under fair value accounting vs. U.S. GAAP accounting. As illustrated in the paper, the main difference between fair value accounting and U.S. GAAP accounting lies in the treatment of gains and losses on both assets and liabilities. Fair value accounting would report all gains and losses on both assets and liabilities in the period in which they arise. U.S. GAAP on the other hand, recognizes gains and losses over the life of the block of business (or at the time of a transaction). When net gains and losses on assets and liabilities are immaterial, the pattern of earnings under both systems can be quite similar. However, If a company is generating significant gains or losses on its net book of business (such as in the case of an asset/liability mismatch), fair value accounting will reveal this much sooner than U.S. GAAP. When the full impact of its actions (including gains and losses) is reported in the current period, management is in a better position to understand how the value of the company is changing and adjust its decisions accordingly. This is one of the main reasons for moving to a fair value system and is expected to be a major benefit if fair value accounting is ultimately adopted.     

次贷危机下的奥巴马养老保险政策前瞻

本文在分析美国养老保险基本情况的基础上,探讨了美国两党执政理念对美国养老保险政策的影响,从而对奥巴马政府的养老保险政策进行了前瞻.     

公允价值会计计量应用思考

公允价值会计在国际上的使用有它严格的前提限定,否则,它就会成为一些别有用心的人利用会计方法操纵会计收益的有效工具.本文对公允价值会计计量方法应用前提及应用现状进行思考,探讨金融危机后公允价值会计计量应用给予我们的启示.     

论公允价值与会计稳健性的兼顾

2006年财政部颁布了新的会计准则,最大的特点就是全面引入了公允价值计量属性。公允价值计量的引入,有利于提高会计信息的决策有用性和价值相关性。但是由于公允价值固有的不确定性及确认传统会计中不予确认的未实现的收益等,会对会计信息的稳健性产生影响。因此,深入系统探讨公允价值会计信息的稳健性问题,有着重要的理论意义和现实意义。本文从相关理论及研究文献的回顾出发,通过分析公允价值的不确定性及风险性,认为公允价值会计信息在稳健性方面存在一定的缺陷,提出通过合理确定两者使用顺序和充分披露等方法,确保公允价值信息在提高信息决策的相关性方面又能兼顾稳健性。     

Fair Value Accounting and Managers' Hedging Decisions

We conduct two experiments with experienced accountants to investigate how fair value accounting affects managers’ real economic decisions. In experiment 1, we find that participants are more likely to make suboptimal decisions (e.g., forgo economically sound hedging opportunities) when both the economic and fair value accounting impact information is presented than when only the economic impact information is presented, or when both the economic and historical cost accounting impact information is presented. This adverse effect of fair value accounting is more likely when the price volatility of the hedged asset is higher, which is a situation where, paradoxically, hedging is more beneficial. We find that the effect is mediated by participants’ relative considerations of economic factors versus accounting factors (e.g., earnings volatility). Experiment 2 shows that enhancing salience of economic information or separately presenting net income not from fair value remeasurements reduces the adverse effect of fair value accounting. Our findings are informative to standard setters in their debate on the efficacy of fair value accounting.     

银行业顺周期、信用紧缩与货币政策有效性——基于资本约束的视角

银行业内在的顺周期性被认为是导致金融失衡并触发本轮国际金融危机的重要原因之一,银行在经济处于衰退阶段显现出的信用紧缩行为很大程度上抵消了扩张性货币政策的效力,从而影响到经济复苏的节奏、力度和持续性。这一现象无法通过经典的派生存款理论加以解释。分析在传统的存款准备金约束之上加入了监管资本约束条件,从银行资产负债表的角度解释了银行信贷顺周期性的形成机理,并分析了双重约束下货币政策非对称性的原因与特征。     

金融危机与公允价值会计:源起、争论与思考

本文探讨了金融危机与公允价值会计争论的背景、焦点和原因。文章从会计计量中采用公允价值是否优于历史成本、为什么会计会对金融稳定产生影响、会计如何与金融监管相协调并在金融稳定中发挥作用等三个方面进行了思考,为我国企业正确认识和运用公允价值会计提供了参考。     

公允价值会计实践的理论透视

本文对影响公允价值会计实践的因素进行了理论分析,认为历史成本会计对不稳定的经营环境的不适应性,是公允价值会计实践的根本诱因;决策有用观的财务报告目标,为公允价值会计实践创造了适宜的环境;对经济学收益计量的追求,为公允价值会计实践提供了内在的动力;而相关性与可靠性的权衡,则构成了公允价值会计实践的关键限制。因此,为相关性和可靠性的权衡制定明确的标准,并对决策有用会计信息质量特征进行反思和重构,是推动公允价值会计实践的根本要求和有效途径。     

新会计准则下公允价值会计理论的研究

与提高会计信息质量的相关性相适应,完善和应用公允价值计量是一种趋势。作为五大计量属性之一,基于理论上的局限性,应用上大量的假设和前提,公允价值计量是可供选择的计量方法之一。因此,要积极、稳妥地推进公允价值的计量,提高会计信息的质量,更好地服务于经济发展。     

Issues in the Drive to Measure Liabilities at Fair Value

This paper compares the discussion on liability measurement in Accounting The0y Monograph 10 with the liability measurement requirements in recent international proposals on accounting for financial instruments. Rather than conducting a detailed review of the Monograph, the paper examines three major issues which wawant amplifjing, extending or criticising: What is “fair value”? Why fair value liabilities? Should fair value include an entity's own credit risk? The focus is on financial liabilities such as “plain vanilla” debt; other financial liabilities, such as insurance obligations, pensions, wawanties and environmental damage restoration involve additional considerations and are therefore not considered.     

浅析澳大利亚公允价值及应用(英文)

本文阐述了公允价值在为经济决策提供有用信息中所扮演的角色,以及公允价值的五个缺陷,并分析了澳大利亚两家不同行业的企业对公允价值的应用。     

公允价值与当代会计理论反思

公允价值计量产生的真正根源是物价变动对会计计量的持续冲击。公允价值会计的核心是按照各个报告时点上的现行市价调整账面记录,通过动态反映使账面价值与真实价值始终保持一致,目标是追求真正意义上的真实反映,是"会计的重心是计量"的回归。它与按"目标导向"路径构建的当代会计理论在会计本质(信息系统)、会计目标(决策有用)、会计信息质量特征(相关和可靠)等各个方面是冲突、矛盾的。构建于信息系统论和历史成本原则之上的当代会计理论,与公允价值会计着眼于真实反映的思想相悖。公允价值会计的出现是对传统会计理论的颠覆,因此必须系统反思和重构当代会计理论。     

资产负债表视角下的公允价值会计顺周期效应研究

在近几年的金融危机中,公允价值会计被指责为扩大了资产负债表的波动性,即具有顺周期效应。本文通过模拟正常的商业周期以及极端条件下的商业周期,比较了完全公允价值、混合计量属性两种计量模式对银行资产负债表波动性的不同影响。模拟的结果揭示了虽然应用公允价值会计时,资产负债表的数据存在一定的波动;但是该波动反映了经济体自身波动,波动也不一定具有顺周期性,波动的幅度受市场环境的影响。最后在此基础上得出公允价值会计并非必然导致顺周期效应的结论。     

Financial Crisis and Credit Crunch in the Housing Market

We investigate the recent financial crisis with an emphasis on the interlock among housing, mortgage, and credit markets. Following Geanakoplos (Econometric Society Monographs 2:170–205, 2003, 2010), we develop a model in which both prices of the mortgage and its collateral are simultaneously and endogenously determined. Our empirical tests confirm the model’s prediction that an adverse change in the risk free rate or the loan recovery rate can trigger the financial crisis as we observed. Finally, we discuss how the pro-cyclical leveraging practice by financial intermediaries can magnify their losses in mortgage-related assets and consequently cause significant contraction in the balance sheets of these firms.     

产权保护、公允价值与会计稳健性

在金融危机和会计国际趋同的宏观背景下,以产权保护为逻辑主线,本文重点考察了公允价值与会计稳健性之间的关系。研究发现:在历史成本会计模式下,公允价值与会计稳健性之间若即若离;在公允价值会计模式下,公允价值与会计稳健性之间彻底悖离;在混合会计模式下,公允价值与会计稳健性之间适度耦合;金融危机中公允价值论战的焦点表面上是会计的技术性问题,实质上是会计的社会性问题,即公允价值充当了一个产权博弈的筹码。