...Daniel Gyung H. Paik; Joyce A. van der Laan Smith; Brandon Byunghwan Lee; Sung Wook Yoon SYNOPSIS Proposed changes by the FASB and the IASB to lease accounting standards will substantially change the accounting for operating leases by requiring the capitalization of future lease payments. We...

... financial reporting for operating leases, which are currently reported off-balance sheet. In light of these proposals, we examine existing literature to better anticipate possible effects of any changes. Namely, we review existing studies to understand why firms engage in operating leases and how...