中国上市公司商誉减值风险影响因素的实证研究

本文从投资者股价高估和管理层盈余管理两个方面,结合2018年出现的政策预期,考察2015—2018年上市公司商誉减值风险的影响因素。本文通过实证研究发现,股价高估程度越高,未来商誉减值的风险就越大,此时,成长性较差的上市公司会比成长性较好的公司面临更高的商誉减值风险。相比民营企业,股价被高估的程度对国有企业商誉减值风险的影响更显著。此外,政策预期增加了上市公司通过计提商誉减值进行“洗大澡”管理的行为,减少了上市公司通过计提商誉减值的方式进行盈余平滑管理的行为。     

Do Goodwill Impairments by European Firms Provide Useful Information to Investors?

In 2004 International Accounting Standards Board. (2004). International Accounting Standard (IAS) N°36: Impairment of assets. London: Author. [Google Scholar], the IASB adopted the mandatory annual impairment-test-only of goodwill (IAS 36) instead of amortization of goodwill. We present and discuss the academic literature regarding the association between the goodwill impairment, under this new standard, and the revision of investors’ expectations about a company’s future cash flows. The academic literature highlights that, in some specific cases, IAS 36 may help investors to revise their expectations. More precisely, goodwill impairment seems relevant when: (a) there is strong asymmetry of information between managers and investors, (b) managers disclose detailed information in the notes regarding their own assumptions about future cash flows, and (c) managers do not manage earnings and provide reliable information to investors. In many cases, goodwill impairment is probably useless for investors because they are able to revise their expectations based on public information, or because they cannot trust the accounting numbers and additional information in the notes about the impairment test, which are provided by (undisciplined) managers. More research is, however, needed to understand in which circumstances impairment-test-only is more useful, as well in which cases it is less adequate. Our analysis relates to the current post-implementation review and should be useful to standard-setters. Before any modification, we argue that standard-setters should carefully consider the economic and the institutional contexts when issuing a new accounting standard.     

Compliance with goodwill-related mandatory disclosure requirements and the cost of equity capital

Theory suggests that increased levels of corporate disclosure lead to a decrease in cost of equity via the reduction of estimation risk. We examine compliance levels with International Financial Reporting Standard 3 Business Combinations and International Accounting Standard 36 Impairments of Assets mandated goodwill-related disclosure and their association with firms’ implied cost of equity capital (ICC). Using a sample of European firms for the period 2008–2011, we find a median compliance level of about 83% and significant differences in compliance levels across firms and time. Non-compliance relates mostly to proprietary information and information that reveals managers’ judgement and expectations. Overall, we find a statistically significant negative relationship between the ICC and compliance with mandated goodwill-related disclosure. Further, we split the sample between firms meeting (or not) market expectations about the recognition of a goodwill impairment loss in a given year to study whether variation in compliance levels mainly plays a confirmatory or a mediatory role. We find the latter: higher compliance levels matter only for the sub-sample of firms that do not meet market expectations regarding goodwill impairment. Finally, our results hold only in countries where enforcement is strong.     

确定负商誉摊销比例的探讨

对于负商誉的确认和计量 ,分摊比例是一关键问题。国际上的通行做法是按照除长期有价证券之外的各非流动资产的公允价值比例来分摊。虽然这一做法有它的合理性 ,但笔者认为按照长期有价证券之外的各非流动资产的公允价值超过帐面价值差额的比例分摊似乎更符合有关负商誉确认计     

商誉会计的反思与展望

自19世纪末以来,商誉及商誉会计一直是会计理论与实务中最具争议的论题之一。只有通过对传统商誉会计的反思,才能解决建立商誉会计中的问题,把握商誉会计的未来发展趋势。     

确认自创商誉的正反理由

在商誉会计问题中,争论最激烈、持续时间最久的是自创商誉应否确认的问题,这也是财务会计的一个难题。我们首先论述自创商誉的本质、定义,然后对自创商誉确认的正反理由进行了比较讨论,以供判断和参考。     

The impact of advertising,goodwill, and other intangibles in the retail foodservice industry: Do intangible investments bite into investor returns?

Utilizing a sample of U.S. publicly traded foodservice retailers, this study examines the impact of advertising, goodwill, and intangible assets on investor holding period returns. The results show that neither advertising nor intangible assets have a positive and significant impact on holding period returns. Goodwill, however, does have a positive and significant impact on holding period returns. Foodservice retailers may therefore want to question the effectiveness of growth strategies based on a firm’s own investments in either advertising or intangible assets. Instead, building a foodservice retailing business through mergers and acquisitions may prove a better use of company resources.     

商誉治理与商圈融资：济宁案例

济宁金宇商圈针对商圈快速发展中商誉治理的难题和商户的融资担保困境,依托管委会的管理职能和信息优势,通过管委会参与贷款信用评价和信用推荐的融资模式,建立了特定的融资激励机制,既实现了商圈商誉的有效治理,又缓解了商户融资困境,提高了整个商圈的持续竞争力,实现了各方共赢。     

Did the goodwill accounting standard impose material economic consequences on Australian acquirers?

This research explores the empirical association between takeover bid premium and acquired (purchased) goodwill, and tests whether the strength of the association changes after the passage of approved accounting standard AASB 1013 in Australia in 1988. AASB 1013 mandated capitalization and amortization of acquired goodwill to the income statement over a maximum period of 20 years. We use regressions to assess how the association between bid premium and acquired goodwill varies in the pre‐AASB and post‐AASB 1013 periods after controlling for confounding factors. Our results show that reducing the variety of accounting policy options available to bidder management after an acquisition results in a systematic reduction in the strength of the association between premium and goodwill.