The impact of the application of International Standard No. 13 on the market value of banking sector companies in the Iraqi Stock Exchange

Abstract

The topic of the research aims to consolidate the concept of fair value, and then to identify the international financial reporting standard and its role in the application of fair value in the Iraqi local environment and the possibility of using it in determining the value of the company. To achieve the goal of the research, the analytical approach was adopted for the data and information that was obtained by the researcher by conducting interviews with a number of bank and department managers in a sample of Iraqi banks registered in the Iraq Stock Exchange, and then analyzed by adopting some quantitative financial methods. The researchers reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which was the impact of fair value accounting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard on the value of the company in financial institutions, and that the adoption of fair value measurement in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard 13 is more reliable on other accounting standards in determining the value of the company. The researchers recommended the need to pay attention to the actual application of the concept of fair value, due to the advantages that this measurement enjoys because of its preference over the historical cost affecting the country's economy.