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Struggling over new asset geographies.

Kean Birch¹, Callum Ward²

¹York University, Canada.

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|April 1, 2024

Summary

This study clarifies assetization, exploring its accounting definitions, relation to financialization, and value-valuation dynamics. It highlights political aspects of externalizing costs and inflation impacts for future research.

Area of Science:

Accounting
Finance
Political Economy

Background:

The concept of assetization, which involves treating previously non-assetized items as assets, has gained traction.
Existing definitions face criticisms regarding accounting perspectives and overlap with financialization.
The relationship between value and valuation within assetization requires further clarification.

Purpose of the Study:

To address criticisms of the proposed definition of assetization from an accounting viewpoint.
To delineate the overlap and distinctions between assetization and financialization.
To examine the link between value and valuation in the context of assetization.

Main Methods:

Critical analysis of existing accounting and financial theories.

Keywords:

Assetization capitalization financialization valuation value

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Conceptual exploration of assetization, financialization, value, and valuation.

Review of contemporary economic phenomena related to assetization.

Main Results:

Refined understanding of assetization's accounting implications.
Clarification of assetization's distinct characteristics compared to financialization.
Established a framework for analyzing value and valuation in assetization.

Conclusions:

Assetization presents unique accounting challenges and opportunities.
Future research should focus on the political economy of assetization, including cost externalization.
The impact of rising inflation on assetization requires further investigation.