Impact of lease capitalization on the financial ratios of listed German companies

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Fülbier, Rolf Uwe ; Lirio Silva, Jorge ; Pferdehirt, Marc Henrik:
Impact of lease capitalization on the financial ratios of listed German companies.
2006
Event: European Accounting Association (EAA): 29th Annual Congress , 22.-24. März 2006 , Dublin, Ireland.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

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The separation of leases into operating and finance leases for accounting purposes can result in incentives to favour operating lease contracts since they avoid on-balance sheet debt. The IASB is conducting an active research project on leasing, following the G4+1 group's research on possible improvements to lease accounting. One discussed alternative suggests treating all leases similar to today's finance leasing. Previous studies have simulated this accounting treatment following the Imhoff/Lipe/Wright (1991, 1997) constructive capitalization method. Our study is - to our knowledge - the first simulation for Germany based on a modified constructive capitalization method and, additionally, a factor model used by Standard & Poor's (CreditStats®). In line with prior literature, our results show notable changes in a variety of financial ratios. Clustering the sample into different industries, we detect significant differences between industry groups. However, the relative ratio-based ranking of the sample companies does not change much. Additionally, we observe that the CreditStats® - model yields fairly comparable results.

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Item Type:	Conference item (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Additional notes:	SSRN-id918223
Keywords:	leases; constructive capitalization; off-balance sheet; Tweedie approach
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration X - International Financial Reporting Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration X - International Financial Reporting > Chair Business Administration X - International Financial Reporting - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rolf Uwe Fülbier Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2015 13:44
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2024 05:50
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/5418