The Role of Fair Value Accounting in Bank Failures: 2001-2010

Over the Past two and a half years banks have failed at the fastest pace since the Great Depression. These rapidly mounting bank failures have rekindled a debate surrounding the use of fair value accounting, with many arguing that fair value has exacerbated the severity of the recent financial crisi...

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Main Author: Spring, Jacob Edward Eugene
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2010
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/28
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=cmc_theses