The value-relevance of equity accounted carrying amounts and disclosed fair values of listed associates

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Badenhorst, Wessel M.
Brummer, Leon Marx
De Wet, Johannes H.v.H. (Johannes Hendrik van Heerden)

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Wiley

Abstract

Equity accounting is a controversial accounting treatment. Although fair value measurement represents a potential alternative measurement base, information content may be lost under a pure fair value measurement approach. This study investigates the value-relevance of equity accounted carrying amounts and disclosed fair values of listed associates, using a sample of the largest firms listed in South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom. The main finding is that the alternative measurement bases are incrementally value-relevant during the sample period of 31 December 2005 to 31 December 2011, implying that equity investors do not blindly accept either measurement base. Rather, investors include their own assessment of the intrinsic value of an entity’s listed associates in their valuations.

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Equity accounting, Fair value, Measurement, Investments in associates

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Badenhorst, WM, Brummer, LM & De Wet, JH 2016, 'The value-relevance of equity accounted carrying amounts and disclosed fair values of listed associates', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 177-189.