Association Between Accounting Earnings and Stock Returns as a Measure of Value Relevance of Accounting Standards: Empirical Evidence from the Swiss Market

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levon Babalyan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Earnings

scholarly journals The Different Changes Of Value Relevance Of Earnings Between SOEs And NSOEs After Adoption Of IFRS: Evidence From China

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-776
Author(s):  
Wanli Li ◽  
Hong Guo
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
The State ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Mandatory Adoption

This article studies changes of value relevance of earnings after mandatory adoption of new CAS (the Chinese Accounting Standards) which is substantially convergent with IFRS (the International Financial Report Standards) in China’s listed enterprises. We extend the previous research by examining the different impact on value relevance of earnings between SOEs (the State-Owned Enterprises) and NSOEs (the Non-State-Owned Enterprises) after adoption of new CAS, which is based on the samples consisting of 836 companies listed on A-shares market of China. The empirical results show that the value-relevance of accounting earnings significantly increased after 2007, and represent that value relevance of earnings increased significantly in SOEs while there are no significant changes in NSOEs after adoption of the new CAS. Our research has implications for China’s Accounting Standard setters who desire to reach expected consequences of convergence with IFRS, and provide empirical evidence for adoption of IFRS in different countries which have both SOEs and NSOEs.

scholarly journals The impact of the Law on Strengthening the Security of Financial Relations on the value relevance of accounting information in Tunisian Stock Exchange

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mohamed Rafik Ben Ayed ◽  
Ezzeddine Abaoub
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
The Law ◽  
Security Returns ◽  
The Impact

This paper empirically investigates the value relevance of accounting earnings measures in the emerging capital market of Tunisia. The issue is tested by estimating the regression of annual security returns on different earnings measures extracted from income statements. In Tunisia, firms prepare their financial statements in accordance with Tunisian Accounting Standards (TAS) which are inspired from International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Based on a sample of 389 firm years for firms listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE) during the period 1997-2008 and using pooled regressions, we find that accounting earnings measures are weakly related to security returns. However, we find that earnings before taxes has the higher explanatory power for stock returns. This is perhaps due to the fact that financial statements are often influenced by taxation rules (ROSC, 2006; section 42). Further, we find that cash flow from operations and Total accruals are not value relevant for valuation. We tested whether the value relevance of each measure of performance improved after the adoption in October 2005 of the Law on Strengthening the Security of Financial Relations (LSSFR). Consistent with prior US and other international findings, results show that the explanatory power and the magnitude of the slope coefficient of each measure increased when we take into account for the impact of this enactment. However, the increase is not statistically significant. This is perhaps due to the employed specification of the relation between security returns and accounting information.

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.

Evidence from China on Whether Harmonized Accounting Standards Harmonize Accounting Practices

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimin Chen ◽  
Zheng Sun ◽  
Yuetang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Regulation ◽  
Earnings Gap ◽  
Research Opportunity

While international harmonization of accounting is gaining momentum in recent years, there is little empirical evidence on whether the harmonization of accounting standards leads to harmonized accounting practices and comparable financial reports. Benefiting from a unique research opportunity in China, this study provides such evidence. Since January 1, 1998, a newly promulgated Accounting Regulation for Listed Companies is in effect. This new regulation is the most comprehensive effort at harmonizing Chinese generally accepted accounting standards (GAAP) with International Accounting Standards (IAS). Based on a sample of listed companies required to reconcile accounting earnings from Chinese GAAP to IAS, we find no evidence that the Chinese government's efforts eliminated or significantly reduced the gap between Chinese and IAS earnings despite harmonized accounting standards. We explore reasons for the continued earnings gap after the 1998 regulation and find that a lack of adequate supporting infrastructure, manifested in excessive earnings management and low quality auditing, may explain the gap.

The Association between Accounting Earnings, Dividends, Stock Prices and Stock Returns: Value Relevance of Accounting Standards in the Tunisian Stock Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Bouteska ◽  
Boutheina Regaieg
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
Stock Market Returns ◽  
The Impact

This present study aims to examine the relationship between accounting earnings, dividends, stock prices and stock returns for companies listed at the Tunisian stock exchange. Using panel data obtained from the annual reports and financial statements of 57 Tunisian companies over the period 2005-2015, we show the existence of an earning-dividend-return significant positive relation by applying four models developed from Easton and Harris (1991), Frino and Tibbits (1992) and Kothari and Zimmerman (1995).. The empirical results indicate a significant value relevance of accounting earnings and dividends reported by Tunisian companies under the standards generally accepted in Tunisia. Particularly, it appears from our main findings in regressions the relative explanatory power of above variables on stock market returns which clarifies the important proportions of variations of stock returns in Tunisia. The findings from the study also reveal that shareholders pay a special attention to the impact of dividend and dividend yield on stock returns. Moreover, investors should consider informative earnings numbers as investment criteria as well as many other factors for example interest rates and industry performance affecting stock returns when it comes to make investment decisions. Based on these results and due to the importance of accounting earnings in investment decisions we recommend that there is need for investors to carefully use financial advisory information that financial analysts provide to them in order to determine what the correct and comparable earnings per share (EPS) or dividend per share (DPS) of each company.

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