Impairment of fixed assets – analysis of the practice of companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2007–2009

Journal Title: Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości - Year 2011, Vol 2011, Issue 62

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to analyse the determinants of recognising impairmentlosses by companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange. We hypothesised thatboth the probability of impairment losses and their amounts depend on four groupsof determinants: the company’s performance, other economic indicators and the capacityto absorb the consequences of write-offs, managerial and reporting factors,and the recurrence effect. Our research included univariate analysis and multivariateanalysis.

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Andrzej Piosik, Małgorzata Rówińska

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Andrzej Piosik, Małgorzata Rówińska (2011). Impairment of fixed assets – analysis of the practice of companies listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2007–2009. Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości, 2011(62), -. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-53589