Comparative value relevance of accounting information among Asian countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gee-Jung Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Income ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Operating Cash Flow ◽  
Japan And China

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the value relevance of various accounting information disclosed in financial statements of manufacturing companies listed on the stock markets of Korea, Japan, and China over ten years from 2006 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach The study uses Ohlson (1995) valuation model for empirical investigation and the financial data extracted from the OSIRIS DB to analyze the enterprise value relevance of accounting information for Korean, Chinese, and Japanese companies and to investigate the differences among them. Findings The results of the empirical analysis are as follows. First, the coefficient of accounting earnings is the highest in the samples of all firms in Korea, Japan, and China, followed by the coefficients for operating income, net cash flow, book value, and net operating cash flows. Next, Japan has the largest book value, followed by Korea, but China has a negative value. Japan has the largest coefficient of accounting earnings and net operating cash flow, followed by Korea and China. Japan has the largest coefficient of net cash flow and operating income, followed by China and Korea. The results show that the value relevance of accounting earnings is the largest among independent variables related to firm value, but the net operating cash flow is the smallest. In addition, the authors observe that the coefficient of Japan is the largest of all independent variables when compared by country. Originality/value The contribution of this study is that it shows the comparative value relevance of accounting information in most economically developed Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, and China. In addition, it is worth showing the characteristics of the national value decision variable by showing different incremental value relevance levels among the three countries.

Corporate governance and value relevance of accounting information

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
Hesham I. Almujamed ◽  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the characteristics of the board of directors (BoD) shape earnings and book value information available to market participants. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigated the impact of board size, presence of non-executives and role duality as proxies of effective corporate governance on the value relevance of financial reporting for 178 firms on the Kuwait stock exchange in 2013. Regression analysis based on Ohlson’s (1995) valuation model was used to test hypotheses. Findings The authors found that board size was significantly associated with company value and that Kuwaiti firms with large boards increased the value-relevance of earnings and book value. The influence of role duality was positive although not significant. The presence of non-executives on the board had a negative correlation with market value (not significant). Research limitations/implications These findings deliver empirical support for the prediction that the characteristics of the BoD improve the value relevance of financial reporting. Limitations such as small sample size and one-year duration of the study did not negate the basic findings, however. Future studies will use larger samples, longer duration and additional board characteristics. Practical implications This study provides empirical support for the hypothesis that board size influences market valuation. This study may benefit managers, investors and other decision-makers. Originality/value This study delivers empirical evidence on the impact of board characteristics on the value relevance of accounting information. It will be useful for regulators and market participants monitoring the influence of board characteristics on the value relevance of accounting information.

Does institutional ownership affect the value relevance of accounting information?

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-342
Author(s):  
Mohamed Omran ◽  
Yasean A. Tahat
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Positive Effects

Purpose Drawing upon agency theory, this study aims to assess the value relevance (VR) of accounting information released by non-financial firms listed on the Kuwait stock exchange for the period of 2015-2018. Also, the influence of institutional ownership level and other explanatory variables, namely, book value per share, earnings per share, growth in assets and changes in financial leverage on share prices is examined. Design/methodology/approach To test the hypotheses, the Ohlson (1995) model is extended. This study uses panel data analysis and applies appropriate statistical techniques to measure empirical relationships. Findings The results show that the VR of accounting information released by the Kuwaiti non-financial listed firms varies over the period of 2015-2018. Book value and earnings have significant and positive effects on share prices. In recent years, the VR of book value information has been growing, while that of earnings information has been declining. Institutional ownership level has a significant and positive influence on the VR of accounting information released by the Kuwaiti non-financial listed firms. The findings confirm a positive power, signalling growth in assets regarding the share prices. However, no significant relationship between changes in financial leverage and share prices is found. Practical implications The findings of the study provide evidence of the linkage between VR and institutional ownership level, which promotes the understanding of the influence of institutional investors on a firm’s market value. Empirical evidence from Kuwait will have international implications and can serve as a guide for accounting researchers studying other emerging markets. Capital market regulators can provide guidelines in the form of information characteristics and elements of financial statements that need improvement. Finally, the findings assist non-financial listed firms to enhance the quality of accounting information by identifying the strengths and weaknesses in their financial reports. Originality/value This study extends the previous literature by investigating a relatively new set of data in more depth than that has been examined by prior research, which focusses on the relationship between accounting information and the firm’s market value.

The role of audit quality in firm valuation

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Audit Team

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of audit quality on the value relevance of earnings and book value. Because joint audit is mandated for all Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed firms, it is hypothesized that the higher the quality of the audit team (as measured by the number of Big 4 audit firms in the joint audit team), the higher the value relevance of earnings and book values for equity valuation. Design/methodology/approach Consistent with prior research, the value relevance of earnings and book value is measured by the adjusted R2 derived from the Ohlson’s 1995 regression model. The number of Big 4 audit firms represented on the firm’s audit team is used as a proxy for audit quality. Three tiers of audit quality exist, namely, two non-Big 4 audit firms, one Big 4 and one non-Big 4 audit firms or two Big 4 audit firms. To address this paper’s objective, the association between audit quality and the value relevance of earnings and book value were examined using four approaches. The final sample consists of 1,836 firm-year observations and covers fiscal years from a 12-year period (2002-2013). Findings Taken together, the four approaches used collectively provide empirical evidence that audit quality positively and significantly affects the value relevance of accounting measures to market participants. Importantly, the results reveal significant variations in the value relevance of earnings and book value jointly across the three possible auditor combinations. Research limitations/implications Although using auditor size as a proxy for audit quality is well established in the auditing literature, a limitation of that proxy is that it measures audit quality dichotomously, which implicitly assumes a homogeneous level of audit quality within each group. Practical implications The findings show the importance of high-quality and rigorous external audits in improving the value relevance of accounting information. Originality/value This study contributes to the extent literature on audit quality by exploring the role of audit quality in a unique institutional setting that imposes mandatory joint audits. Although prior studies have investigated the effect of joint audit pair choice on earnings management and audit fee premium, this study is the first to investigate the effect of joint audit pair choice on the value relevance of accounting information.

scholarly journals Relevância da informação contábil para o mercado brasileiro de capitais: uma análise comparativa entre lucro líquido, lucro abrangente e fluxo de caixa operacional

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 381-408
Author(s):  
Tayná Cruz Batista ◽  
Juliana Ferreira de Oliveira ◽  
Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Share Price ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Comprehensive Income ◽  
Operating Cash Flow

Para que as informações contábeis sejam úteis às partes interessadas é necessário, entre outros aspectos, que elas sejam relevantes na revelação do desempenho organizacional. Os estudos sobre a relevância da informação contábil buscam analisar, de maneira geral, se as variações nos preços/retornos das ações guardam relação com as informações contábeis. Ou seja, verificam a relevância das informações contábeis sob a ótica dos investidores (mercado de capitais). Nesse sentido, neste trabalho buscou-se analisar se as informações contábeis são capazes de explicar as variações ocorridas no preço da ação das empresas listadas na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (BM&FBovespa), utilizando o Lucro Líquido (LL), o Lucro Abrangente (LA) e o Fluxo de Caixa Operacional (FCO). A partir da base de dados Economática®, foram coletadas as informações referentes ao LL, ao FCO e a Outros Resultados Abrangentes (ORAs) de 2010 a 2013. Os resultados revelam que, de maneira geral, para o mercado brasileiro de capitais, o LL se mostrou mais relevante. Em seguida, observou-se que o LA foi o mais relevante. Por outro lado, constatou-se que o FCO apresentou menor relevância; isso pode estar associado ao fato de que o lucro atende a diversas demandas, o que pode justificar maior interesse dos usuários (investidores) por essa medida de desempenho em comparação com as demais informações analisadas.Palavras-chave: Relevância da informação contábil. Lucro Líquido. Fluxo de Caixa Operacional. Lucro Abrangente. Abstract For the accounting information to be useful to stakeholders, it is required, among other things, that they are relevant in the development of organizational performance. Studies on value relevance seek to analyze, in general, if the changes in prices/stock returns are related to the accounting information. So, they check the value relevance from the perspective of investors (capital markets). In this sense, this study sought to examine if the accounting information is able to explain the variations in the share price of companies listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa), using Net Income (NI), Comprehensive Income (CI) and Operating Cash Flow (OCF). The information for the NI, OCF and Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) of the years 2010 to 2013 were collected from the Economática® database. The results show that, in general, for the Brazilian capital market, the NI proved to be more relevant. Then it was observed that CI is the most relevant. Moreover, it was found that the OCF showed less relevance; this may be associated with the fact that profit meets various demands, what could justify greater interest of users (investors) by that measure performance in comparison to other information analyzed.Keywords: Value relevance. Net Profit. Operating Cash Flow. Comprehensive Income.

Governance role of media coverage: from the view of accounting information value relevance and market value about share pledge firms in China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Gao ◽  
Jinnan Song ◽  
Jianxiao Guo ◽  
Jiajuan Liang
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Share pledge is a popular way to raise funds in China, but it aggravates information asymmetry. As an indispensable information intermediary in the financial market, media coverage affects asset price and pricing efficiency and impacts information asymmetry. This study aims to explore the governance role of media coverage as an information intermediary in the share pledge context in China. Design/methodology/approach Moderating effect and mediating effect analyses are the primary methods used to test the governance role of media coverage. The ordinary least squares model was used to test the relationship between share pledge and market performance and then proved the moderating effect of media coverage toward the corporate market value of pledge firms. Accounting earnings value relevance models were explored to test the path of media coverage on firm market value by mediating effect analysis. At last, subgroup tests were used to verify the heterogeneity of the moderating effect of media coverage. Findings In the context of share pledge in China, the higher the share pledge ratio, the higher is the market value of listed firms, which verifies the motivation of controlling shareholders to avoid the transfer of control right and the motivation to tunneling. Media coverage has a significant negative moderating effect on the relationship between share pledge rate and corporate value and has a significant impact on the accounting earnings value relevance of share pledge firms. From the perspective of long-term earnings, media coverage reduces the market performance of share pledge firms by reducing the value correlation of accounting earnings information. From the short-term price point of view, media coverage reduces the market performance of share pledge firms by improving the value correlation of accounting earnings information. Furthermore, media coverage has a more significant moderating effect in state-owned share pledge firms and low information transparency and low information disclosure quality firms. Research limitations/implications This paper does not distinguish the mode difference of spreading news and the impact of non-pledge media coverage. Also, this paper does not consider factors other than accounting information value relevance when exploring how media coverage affects the corporate market value. Share pledge firms should use media for publicity and play a role in media governance and should actively improve their information disclosure quality, strengthen communication with investors and reduce information asymmetry fundamentally. Practical implications This paper diversify the governance choices for share pledge firms and has important implications for firms, investors, information intermediaries and regulators. Media reports play an increasingly important role today, and any reports and predictions of major events may profoundly affect investors’ decisions. Although media reports can make up for the weakness of accounting information disclosure of equity pledge companies in some sense, it is still not a long-term strategy. Equity pledge companies should not only make use of media for publicity and play a role of media governance but also actively improve their information disclosure quality. Originality/value This paper focuses on share pledge firms to carry out in-depth research. Based on exploring the influence mechanism of share pledges, the authors find the importance of media governance. This paper expands the literature about the economic consequences of share pledges and provides empirical data for media governance of share pledge firms. This paper innovatively proves the governance role of media coverage from the view of accounting information value relevance. The main innovation point is the long and short-term perspective analysis of the influence of media coverage on the correlation of accounting earnings value. The heterogeneity effect analysis of media coverage also reflects the depth and strong practical guiding significance of this study.

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.

scholarly journals Investigation on the value relevance of accounting information: evidence from incorporated companies in the Singapore capital market

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basil Abeifaa Der ◽  
Petr Polak ◽  
Masairol Masri
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Valuation Model ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Asset Turnover

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relative, incremental and the systematic changes in value relevance of the accounting information. This study also attempts to investigate the effect of earnings management on the value relevance of accounting information. It basically uses Ohlson’s (1995) valuation model to test the conceptual framework. The findings of this paper reveal that book value is more value relevant and incremental followed by earnings and, then, cash flow. Cash flow, however, performs a lesser valuation role. The results also show that combined book value and earnings are more value relevant than combined book value and cash flow. As a third contribution, the paper also finds that the value relevance of some accounting variables has increased over time, while others showed no evidence of their inclined or declined patterns in the value relevance of accounting information. Finally, the paper finds that earnings management has no effect on the value relevance of accounting information. Further analyses suggest that earnings management is opportunistic in the short run, but efficient in the long run, when firms are small or have high asset turnover

The accounting value relevance of earnings and book value: Tunisian banks and financial institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Ahmadi ◽  
Abdelfettah Bouri
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Corporate Websites

Purpose As an increasing number of business organizations around the world are engaged in the value relevance of accounting information, this study aims to assess the field of the accounting value relevance of book value and earnings in share prices of banks and financial institutions listed in the Tunisian stock exchange. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of available banks and financial institutions listed in the Tunisian Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2015, this paper accommodates the documented accounting information in an emergent market context by using stock price of three months after year-end as a dependent variable. This study uses the panel regression technique on 24 banks and financial institutions during the study period. Findings The authors find that earnings and book value are statistically significantly associated with firm value. Also, using these variables together is positively related to the firm stock price share. Comparatively, these obtain evidence that book value is statistically more value-relevant than earning per share models; expectedly, the earnings explain a higher proportion of the stock price for the group of financial institutions than the group of banks. Originality/value A Web-based search is performed during the second quarter of 2016, locating the corporate websites of the sample firms, and the official site of the Datastream (worldscope) is identified. The sample period is 2010-2015 (144 firm-year observations).

scholarly journals RELEVANSI NILAI INFORMASI AKUNTANSI DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Susi Dwimulyani
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Multiple Regression Equation ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Operating Income ◽  
Book Value

<p class="Style1"><em>This research is designed to examine the value relevance of accounting information at Indonesian Stock Exchange for 2003-2007. Research samples were selected from all of emitent listing in Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2003 — 2007. For hypotesis testing were used Francis and Schipper, and Brown model. There were two multiple regression equation. The research sample are all listed companies at Indonesian Stock Exchange for 2003-2007 that had publised financial statements at December 31. Based on E-Views program, it was found first cross sectional regression : p-value 0,00 and average R</em><em><sup>2</sup> 0,5637, it means that there was strong relationship between fair value of companies and its book value. The second regression was found that p-value 0,00 and average R</em><em><sup>2</sup> 0,8458, it means that there was strong relationship between book value equity of companies and its operating income. Based on statistical calculation, it was concluded that value relevance of accounting information was very important for investor and creditor for their decision.</em></p>

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