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The Accounting Review Vol. 70 No. 4 1995

SFAS No. 106 and Benefit Reductions in Employer-Sponsored Retiree Health Care Plans.

H. Fred Mittelstaedt; William D. Nichols

Abstract

Examines possible determinants of firms' decisions to reduce benefits of retiree health care plans. Increasing contracting cost caused by the financial reporting consequences of Statement on Financial Accounting Standards SFAS No. 106; Financial weakness independent of SFAS No. 106; Firm-specific changes in retiree health care costs.

DOI
10.2308/tar-9512014356
Volume
70
Issue
4
Pages
535-556
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref

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