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Bank External Financing and Early Adoption of SFAS 133

Department of Accounting, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831, USA

E-mail Address: iwang@fullerton.edu

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219091518500157Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

This study examines whether and how US bank holding companies that early adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” experience changes in their external financing activities relative to banks that did not early adopt the standard. Consistent with predictions, the study shows that early adopters hold higher and experience greater changes in their leverage compared with nonearly adopters. In addition, early adopters experience greater shifts in weights of liabilities other than insured deposits in banks’ funding mix. This finding is consistent with banking literature which states that banks have shifted towards nondeposit debts to finance their balance sheet growth.

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JEL: C30, G21, G31, M41

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