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La Tribune: "Can accounting standards save the banks?"

by Nicolas Véron on 20 April 2008

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Nicolas Véron examines arguments in the current controversy about fair value / mark-to-market accounting and its implementation in the banking industry. He concludes that it would be unwise to restrict the scope of fair value accounting as a short-term reaction to market developments.