Bank loan loss accounting treatments, credit cycles and crash risk
(2017)
Journal Article
Andreou, P., Cooper, I., Louca, C., & Philip, D. (2017). Bank loan loss accounting treatments, credit cycles and crash risk. The British Accounting Review, 49(5), 474-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.03.002
Banks that follow conditional conservatism in their loan loss accounting treatments benefit from a reduction in crash risk. The key discretionary loan loss accounting channels are provisions and allowances. We show that conditional conservatism reduc... Read More about Bank loan loss accounting treatments, credit cycles and crash risk.