Another Term for "What-If?" Analysis

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Short Answer

Another term for "What-if?" analysis

Understand the principles guiding the determination of the fair value.

Know the definition of the principal market and its significance in fair value measurement.

Understand the role of non-performance risk in fair value measurement of liabilities.

Distinguish between the common valuation measures used in accounting standards.

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Definitions:

Reducing Sugar

Any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group.

α-D-Fructofuranose

An isomer of fructose where the furanose ring form predominates, characterized by its specific configuration at the anomeric carbon.

Methyl Glycoside

Glycosides formed by the reaction of a sugar with methanol, characterized by a methoxy group replacing the glycosidic hydroxyl group of the sugar.

Mutarotation

The change in optical rotation due to the change in equilibrium between two anomers of a sugar solution over time.