Leading Indicators of Goodwill Impairment

被引:157
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作者
Hayn, Carla [1 ]
Hughes, Patricia [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
来源
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE | 2006年 / 21卷 / 03期
关键词
SFAS; 142; goodwill; impairment; acquisitions; mergers; intangible assets; write-offs; write-downs; announcement period returns; bankruptcy prediction; segment reporting;
D O I
10.1177/0148558X0602100303
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
This paper examines whether financial disclosures on acquired entities allow investors to effectively predict goodwill impairment, a task that has become more important following the recent abolishment of goodwill amortization. In predicting goodwill impairment, we use variables relating to the postacquisition performance of the operating segment(s) to which the acquired company's assets are allocated as well as to the characteristics of the acquisition. We find that available disclosures do not provide financial statement users with information to adequately predict future write-offs of goodwill. In fact, the characteristics of the original acquisitions are more powerful predictors of eventual goodwill write-offs than those based on segment disclosures of the acquired entities' performance. We also find that goodwill write-offs lag behind the economic impairment of goodwill by an average of three to four years. For one-third of the companies examined, the delay can extend up to ten years. Although most of our analyses are conducted on goodwill generated before the introduction of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (SFAS 142), certain features of the sample and the analysis suggest that the results are generalizable to the current reporting regime. Sensitivity tests on a smaller sample of goodwill write-offs made upon the adoption of SFAS 142 confirm this expectation.
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页码:223 / 265
页数:43
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