Download or read book An Evaluation of the Information Content of Cash Flow Data Disclosed with Corporate Earnings Announcements written by Thomas Peter Joesph D'Angelo and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Further Examination of the Incremental Information Content of Cash flow Announcements written by John Douglas Hanna and published by Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International. This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Informativeness and Predictability of Earnings and Cash Flows written by Zhemin Wang and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Drives the Increased Informativeness of Earnings Announcements Over Time written by Daniel W. Collins and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landsman and Maydew (2002) document that the information content of earnings announcements has increased over the past three decades, and Francis, Schipper, and Vincent (2002) conclude that expanded concurrent disclosures in firms' earnings announcements, especially the inclusion of detailed income statements, explain this increase. We posit and find that the temporal increase in the intensity of the market's reaction to Street earnings offers a competing explanation for the Landsman and Maydew finding. We also find that expanded concurrent disclosure of GAAP-based information contributes to the temporal increase in the information content of earnings announcements. However, unlike Francis et al., we find that the temporal increase in concurrent balance sheet and cash flow statement information dominates concurrent income statement information once we control for Street earnings.

Download or read book Disclosure of Cash Flow Information in Earnings Announcements written by Bin Miao and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Information Asymmetries and the Value relevance of Cash Flow and Accounting Figures written by Marc Steffen Rapp and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some of the modern performance measures used in managerial accounting rely on cash flow based figures others try to take advantage of the information content of accounting figures. However, whether the additional information content in the accrual components of earnings improves the internal performance measurement is an open empirical question. To shed light on this question, I examine the correlation between operating cash flows and earnings with firm's total shareholder returns. Using fixed firm effects regression methods for a large sample of German listed firms covering some 5,000 firm years, the analysis shows that generally operating cash flow and earnings are both positively correlated with total shareholder return. However, with increasing information asymmetry earnings become less correlated with the firm's stock market performance and operating cash flows dominate earnings in explaining total shareholder return (and vice versa). These results suggest that, the information content of accounting figures is only relevant in settings characterized by low information asymmetries and, thus, there is no one-size-fits-all performance measure for managerial accounting purposes. -- Accounting figures ; performance measures ; total shareholder return ; managerial accounting

Download or read book Life Cycle Stage Effects on the Incremental Information Content of Earnings and Cash Flows written by Ervin L. Black and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous studies cross-sectionally pooled heterogeneous firms to examine the information content of earnings and cash flow measures. This study extends prior research; and is the first to examine the corporate life-cycle effects on the informativeness of earnings (NI), operating cash flows (CFO), financing cash flows (CFF), and investing cash flows (CFI). The life-cycle concept is an appealing economic context which allows for a relatively more homogenous study of these information content relationships. It is a concept used frequently in academic research and the financial press, because it captures a set of financial characteristics and strategies for firms in a particular life-cycle stage. This study examines both the informativeness of earnings and cash flow measures in each of four life-cycle stages: Start- up, Growth, Mature, and Decline. Hypotheses are developed predicting that earnings and operating cash flows contain incremental information content in life-cycle stages when a firm's assets in place are a major component of firm value. Financing cash flows and investing cash flows are expected to be incrementally informative during stages characterized by growth or uncertainty. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that neither NI, nor CFO are incrementally informative in the start-up stage, characterized by few assets in place. When there are relatively more assets in place in the growth, mature, and decline stages; however, the results support the hypothesis that NI and CFO contain incremental information. Hypotheses regarding CFF and CFI are generally supported. Results support the incremental informativeness of CFF in the growth, mature, and decline stages; but not in the start-up stage. CFI is informative in all life-cycle stages. These results provide support for the usefulness of the cash flow statement required by FAS 95.

Download or read book The Decision Usefulness of Reported Cash Flow and Accrual Information in a Behavioural Field Experiment written by Divesh Sharma and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recent capital market studies tend to reveal some information content in cash flows, their results may not be generalizable to other contexts such as the assessment of solvency. Mandated accounting standards on cash flow emphasize the relevance of cash flow data for assessing solvency. However, there is a paucity of research that specifically investigates this contention. Accordingly, this study investigates the decision usefulness of reported cash flow and accrual information in a behavioural field solvency assessment experiment. Using a two-group between-subjects field experiment design, bankers with at least three years corporate lending experience made solvency judgements using either cash flow cues or accrual cues. We found that, as hypothesized, judgements based on cash flow information was statistically significantly more accurate than judgements based on accrual information. The difference in judgement accuracy was large with very high statistical power. Our results imply that cash flow information has greater decision usefulness than accrual information for assessing corporate solvency. Our results support the decision of accounting regulators world-wide to mandate the statement of cash flows and are consistent with the normative arguments of proponents of cash flow reporting.

Download or read book Differential Information Content of Earnings Announcements written by Charles Edward Wasley and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis for Financial Management written by Robert C. Higgins and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written with enthusiasm and dedication, Analysis for Financial Management, 9th edition, presents Financial Management in a clear and conversational style that both business students and non-financial executives comprehend." --Book Jacket.

Download or read book Earnings Quality written by Jennifer Francis and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review lays out a research perspective on earnings quality. We provide an overview of alternative definitions and measures of earnings quality and a discussion of research design choices encountered in earnings quality research. Throughout, we focus on a capital markets setting, as opposed, for example, to a contracting or stewardship setting. Our reason for this choice stems from the view that the capital market uses of accounting information are fundamental, in the sense of providing a basis for other uses, such as stewardship. Because resource allocations are ex ante decisions while contracting/stewardship assessments are ex post evaluations of outcomes, evidence on whether, how and to what degree earnings quality influences capital market resource allocation decisions is fundamental to understanding why and how accounting matters to investors and others, including those charged with stewardship responsibilities. Demonstrating a link between earnings quality and, for example, the costs of equity and debt capital implies a basic economic role in capital allocation decisions for accounting information; this role has only recently been documented in the accounting literature. We focus on how the precision of financial information in capturing one or more underlying valuation-relevant constructs affects the assessment and use of that information by capital market participants. We emphasize that the choice of constructs to be measured is typically contextual. Our main focus is on the precision of earnings, which we view as a summary indicator of the overall quality of financial reporting. Our intent in discussing research that evaluates the capital market effects of earnings quality is both to stimulate further research in this area and to encourage research on related topics, including, for example, the role of earnings quality in contracting and stewardship.

Download or read book The RISE and RISE of NON GAAP DISCLOSURE written by Jeff Coulton and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Principles of Accounting Volume 1 Financial Accounting written by Mitchell Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text and images in this book are in grayscale. A hardback color version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680922929. Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today's college student. Thoughtfully designed examples are presented throughout each chapter, allowing students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to more detailed business processes. Students are immersed in the "why" as well as the "how" aspects of accounting in order to reinforce concepts and promote comprehension over rote memorization.

Download or read book The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies written by Leonard Zacks and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment pioneer Len Zacks presents the latest academic research on how to beat the market using equity anomalies The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies organizes and summarizes research carried out by hundreds of finance and accounting professors over the last twenty years to identify and measure equity market inefficiencies and provides self-directed individual investors with a framework for incorporating the results of this research into their own investment processes. Edited by Len Zacks, CEO of Zacks Investment Research, and written by leading professors who have performed groundbreaking research on specific anomalies, this book succinctly summarizes the most important anomalies that savvy investors have used for decades to beat the market. Some of the anomalies addressed include the accrual anomaly, net stock anomalies, fundamental anomalies, estimate revisions, changes in and levels of broker recommendations, earnings-per-share surprises, insider trading, price momentum and technical analysis, value and size anomalies, and several seasonal anomalies. This reliable resource also provides insights on how to best use the various anomalies in both market neutral and in long investor portfolios. A treasure trove of investment research and wisdom, the book will save you literally thousands of hours by distilling the essence of twenty years of academic research into eleven clear chapters and providing the framework and conviction to develop market-beating strategies. Strips the academic jargon from the research and highlights the actual returns generated by the anomalies, and documented in the academic literature Provides a theoretical framework within which to understand the concepts of risk adjusted returns and market inefficiencies Anomalies are selected by Len Zacks, a pioneer in the field of investing As the founder of Zacks Investment Research, Len Zacks pioneered the concept of the earnings-per-share surprise in 1982 and developed the Zacks Rank, one of the first anomaly-based stock selection tools. Today, his firm manages U.S. equities for individual and institutional investors and provides investment software and investment data to all types of investors. Now, with his new book, he shows you what it takes to build a quant process to outperform an index based on academically documented market inefficiencies and anomalies.

Download or read book Corporate Finance written by Ivo Welch and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Finance: An Introduction presents core principles of corporate finance within a unique organizational structure that builds from perfect to imperfect markets. This unifying perspective and an example-driven presentation develop students’ understanding by building from simple to complex and from concrete to theoretical.

Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?

Download or read book Productivity Innovation and Economic Performance written by Ray Barrell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book compares and explains differences in levels of incomes among industrialised countries.