We develop a rational expectations equilibrium model in which noise trading comes from discretionary liquidity traders. The equilibrium quantity of aggregate noise trading is endogenously determined by the population size of liquidity traders active in the financial market. By improving market liquidity, public information reduces the expected trading loss of liquidity traders and thus attracts...

This study documents a subtle and counter-intuitive interaction between operating cash flow (CFO) and accruals, and their association with future stock returns. While the two strategies should by construction capture similar anomalies, we find evidence in two large stock markets that they appear distinct, and that returns to these strategies are strongly negatively correlated. We show that the ...

همدقم : نیئتورپ S100B ورون طابترا لرتنک رد و دوش یم دازآ اه تیسورتسآ زا هک تسا ینیئتورپ ، لگ ی یلا دراد شـقن یسپانیس يریذپ لکش و هظفاح رد لاامتحا و . هـعلاطم ادروخرب یصاخ تیمها زا نورون و تیسورتسآ لولس ود يدرکلمع طابترا تسا ر . ياـه شوـم رد يریگداـی يور رـب پـماکوپیه نورد هـب نیئتورـپ نیا قیرزت رثا رضاح هعلاطم رد تفرگ رارق یسررب دروم ییارحص . شور اه : زا قیقحت نیا رد 40 دش هدافتسا رن ییا...

This paper provides evidence to show that in the presence of imperfect formal institutions there is both a substitutional and a complementary relationship between accounting information and reputation, an informal institution. Empirical results using a sample of family firms listed in the Chinese A-share stock market from 2004 to 2007 show that in China, where the legal environment is far from ...

Pooled time-series, cross-sectional data on 110 Australian companies over the period 1992-1998 is employed to examine whether the trademarked variant of residual income known as economic value-added (EVA) is more highly associated with stock returns than more conventional accounting-based measures. These other measures of internal and external performance include earnings, net cash flow and res...

During the year prior to management buyout (MBOs) announcements, some target firms exhibit abnormally high discretionary expenses in selling, general and administration, abnormally low discretionary accruals, and realize losses from asset sales. Higher discretionary expenses and losses from asset sales are associated with lower pre-MBO abnormal stock returns, especially for firms with higher in...

This paper establishes a link between firms' capital investment decisions, the quality of the information they provide to a competitive market for their shares, and their cost of capital. We show that, if firms select projects to maximize share price, higher information quality reduces the cost of capital. The intuition is that better information improves the coordination between firms and inve...

This paper studies the e¤ects of capacity utilization on accounting pro…t margins and stock returns. Since accounting pro…t margins represent the average pro…t per unit and not the economists’ concept of unit contribution margin, the marginal/variable pro…t per unit, a …rm with idle capacity can increase its pro…t margins by increasing sales (output). However, if the …rm is operating at full ca...