Pension Accounting Under SFAS No. 158: An Empirical Investigation of Its Incremental Value-Relevance Relative to SFAS No. 87*

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherre Strickland ◽  
Janie Casello Bouges
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Pension Accounting ◽  
Incremental Value

scholarly journals A Reexamination of Earnings Persistence on the Incremental Value Relevance of Earnings Levels and Earnings Changes

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Simon Yang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Earnings Persistence ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Complementary Value ◽  
The U.S

This study reexaminesthe role of earnings persistence as to understand the incremental value relevance of earnings levels and earnings changes in explaining stock returns in the stock market of U.S. The results show that earnings levels and earnings changes together provide the higher value relevant information than each earnings variable alone in explaining stock returns. An increase in earnings persistence, approximated by different time-serial and firm-specific measures, puts more (less) value relevant weight on earning changes (levels). However, the complementary value relevance between earnings levels and earnings changes is somehow weak, implying that a possibly deteriorating valuation role for earnings levels and earnings changes may occur in the recent years for the U.S. stock market.

scholarly journals RELEVANSI NILAI DAN KEMUNGKINAN DETERIORASI: KAJIAN LITERATUR SISTEMATIK

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123
Author(s):  
Randy Kuswanto
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Future Prospect ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Ohlson Model

The paper presents the review of the value relevance literatures used Ohlson model (1995). The popularity of value relevance topic nowadays is principally driven by the adoption IFRS which changed how companies measure its income and assets. Although this topic is still in debate whether it useful or not, this paper tried to conclude a summary from many prior value relevance researches. First, I seek to review some of the significant literature on value relevance during 2009-2019. The emphasis is on results and empirical contributions relating incremental value relevance. The second part of this paper is discussion about eight different studies from more than 10 countries about evidence of value relevance phenomenon in their setting. This paper finds that the concept of value relevance really exists in many countries but it is deteriorating / declining over the period. Further research could test other information to prevent this deterioration of value relevance such as future prospect attributes rather than historical information only

scholarly journals A comparison of the value relevance of interim and annual financial statements

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbalenhle Zulu ◽  
Marna De Klerk ◽  
Johan G.I. Oberholster
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Sample Period ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Annual Reporting ◽  
Interim Earnings ◽  
A Company ◽  
Is Value

Background: This study tests the value relevance of interim accounting information. The study also explores whether the value relevance of annual and interim financial statements has changed over time.Aim: It explores whether the value relevance of interim financial statements is higher than the value relevance of annual financial statements. Finally, it investigates whether accounting information published in interim and annual financial statements has incremental value relevance.Setting: Data for the period from 1999 to 2012 were collected from a sample of non-financial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.Method: The Ohlson model to investigate the value relevance of accounting information was used for the study.Results: The results show that interim book value of equity is value relevant while interim earnings are not. Interim financial statements appear to have higher value relevance than annual financial statements. The value relevance of interim and annual accounting information has remained fairly constant over the sample period. Incremental comparisons provide evidence that additional book value of equity and earnings that accrue to a company between interim and annual reporting dates are value relevant.Conclusion: The study was conducted over a long sample period (1999–2012), in an era when a technology-driven economy and more timely reporting media could have had an effect on the value relevance of published accounting information. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate and compare the value relevance of published interim and annual financial statements.

Heterogeneous Investment Opportunities in Multiple-Segment Firms and the Incremental Value Relevance of Segment Accounting Data

2003 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Chen ◽  
Guochang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Segment Data

Applying a real-options-based valuation approach, we develop and test a model that addresses the incremental value relevance of segment data beyond firmlevel accounting data. Prior studies (e.g., Zhang 2000; Biddle et al. 2001) show that equity valuation requires accounting data (in part) because accounting provides signals that guide capital investments underlying value creation. In this study, we establish that the usefulness of segment data beyond aggregate data relates to heterogeneity of investment opportunities across segments, caused by divergences of segment profitability and growth potential. Empirical results are consistent with the model's predictions. We also assess the magnitude of the valuation impact of segment information relative to that of firm-level information.

Incremental Value Relevance of Unrecognized Deferred Taxes: Evidence from the United Kingdom

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Gregory Lynn ◽  
Chandra Seethamraju ◽  
Ananth Seetharaman
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Weighted Least Squares ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Deferred Tax

ABSTRACT: We examine empirically whether the use of the partial method for deferred taxes provides incremental information of use to investors. Specifically, we test whether U.K. capital markets valued unrecognized deferred tax amounts reported in the footnotes to U.K. annual reports, pursuant to U.K. Statement of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAP) No. 15 (ASB 1985). Our empirical model is based on Feltham and Ohlson (1995). We run iterative weighted least-squares (IWLS) regression of year-end share prices on a decomposition of book value per share for a pooled sample of U.K. firm-years drawn from the years 1993 through 1998, and find positive associations with price for net deferred tax assets—both recognized and unrecognized. Moreover, we are unable to reject the null hypothesis that both parts of deferred taxes have similar multiples in our price regressions. These findings support some theoretical predictions in Sansing (1998), Guenther and Sansing (2000, 2004), and Amir et al. (2001).

The incremental value relevance of cash flows and earnings affected by their extremity

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 742-767
Author(s):  
Wael Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Firm Valuation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Earnings Information ◽  
Unexpected Earnings ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose In contrast to earlier studies, the most recent studies on the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows from operations find that both earnings and cash flows have incremental value relevance beyond each other. An interesting question that follows is whether these findings hold after controlling the extremity of earnings and cash flows. This study, therefore, aims to examine the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows in the following four cases: moderate earnings and moderate cash flows, moderate earnings and extreme cash flows, extreme earnings and moderate cash flows and extreme earnings and extreme cash flows. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate the incremental value relevance (information content) of earnings and cash flows for each of the four cases mentioned above, we examine the statistical significance of the slope coefficients for regression of returns on both unexpected earnings and unexpected cash flows from operations. Findings The results show that (i) both moderate and extreme earnings have incremental value relevance beyond both moderate and extreme cash flows, (ii) moderate cash flows have incremental value relevance beyond both moderate and extreme earnings and (iii) extreme cash flows lack incremental value relevance beyond moderate earnings; however, they (extreme cash flows) have incremental value relevance beyond extreme earnings. These results suggest that earnings and cash flows have incremental value relevance. However, only in cases when cash flows are extreme and earnings are moderate, cash flows do not possess incremental value relevance. In further analysis, we find that the value relevance for cash flows and earnings decreases when they are extreme and transitory. Moreover, the value relevance for cash flows increases when they are moderate (not extreme) and the other competing measure (earnings) is transitory and extreme. Practical implications The results support the idea that earnings and cash flows from operations complement each other in explaining variation in returns. However, when cash flows are extreme and less informative, investors rely more on earnings in firm valuation, especially when earnings are moderate. Because earnings are unlikely to persist to be permanent across the years, these results can be interpreted as indicating that cash flows and earnings information are used jointly by investors. Originality/value In contrast to previous studies, we control for the extremity of earnings and cash flows when evaluating the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows from operations.

Does recycling improve information usefulness of income? The case of Japan

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-403
Author(s):  
Frendy ◽  
HU Dan Semba
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Japanese Firms ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Operating Cash Flow

Purpose The Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) proposed a new set of endorsed International Financial Reporting Standards in June 2015. ASBJ claims that non-recycling of other comprehensive income (OCI) items decreases the information usefulness of earnings in a proposed comprehensive income standard. There has been no existing empirical evidence which supports the ASBJ’s statement and the purpose of the study is to test whether OCI recycling improves information usefulness of net income from six perspectives: relative and incremental value relevance, persistence, variability, operating cash flow and net income predictive power. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an empirical work using a listed Japanese firms sample of 5,385 firm-years from fiscal year 2012-2014. Findings The results challenge the ASBJ’s claim that recycling improves the general information usefulness characteristics of net income. The empirical results show that OCI recycling improves net income’s relative value relevance characteristic of financial firms. However, recycling information by itself does not improve the incremental value relevance, and the predictive power of operating cash flow and net income. The authors also find that the inclusion of recycling decreases the persistence and increases the variability of net income. Research limitations/implications This paper has two research limitations. First, this study is constrained to analyze a limited OCI recycling data that is recently disclosed by listed Japanese firms. Second, the results of this study have limited external validity to capital markets with OCI reclassification standards that deviate from Japanese GAAP. Originality/value This study provides initial empirical evidence that examines information usefulness of OCI recycling in Japan. The findings of this study are relevant for accounting standards setters aiming to increase the information usefulness of earnings for capital market investors.

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