LIABILITIES: CONTENT, CLASSIFICATION, ACCOUNTING

New Accounting Standards: the Fair Value of Life Insurance Liabilities

In this dissertation we present an overview of the proposals of the International Accounting Standards Board for measurement of insurance assets and liabilities at market value. The Board has not yet finalised a standard for insurance contracts, but a Draft Statement of Principles has been published, providing indication of how fair value accounting will be implemented. We focus on life insuran...

Fair Value Accounting for Liabilities and Own Credit Risk

Changes in credit risk may arise when either the value or the risk of corporate assets changes. Changes in the equity value associated with the changes in the asset value and changes in asset risk can be characterized into potentially countervailing direct and indirect effects. The indirect effect of risk on equity value is a function of factors that affect the debt value of including leverage,...

fair value accounting for liabilities and own credit risk

changes in credit risk may arise when either the value or the risk of corporate assets changes. changes in the equity value associated with the changes in the asset value and changes in asset risk can be characterized into potentially countervailing direct and indirect effects. the indirect effect of risk on equity value is a function of factors that affect the debt value of including leverage,...

Minimizing Cardiovascular Liabilities Throughout

Liabilities in Private Law

This article elaborates upon and defends the distinction between “primary duty” claims and “primary liability” claims in private law introduced in a previous article. In particular, I discuss the relevance of the distinction to the debates over fault and strict liability and “duty skepticism” and to the relationship between primary and remedial rights. I argue that the tendency to assume that a...