Value Relevance Of Accounting Data Research Articles

Chinese Stock Market and Value Relevance of Accounting Data

Chinese Stock Market and Value Relevance of Accounting Data

The impact of IFRS on the value relevance of accounting data of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

The paper aims at investigating the impact of IFRS on the value relevance of fundamental accounting data announced by banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange over the period 1998–2012. Given the specificity of banking sector, the analyses were based on the Ohlson residual income valuation model. The empirical evidence indicates that observed increase in the value relevance of both book values of equity and residual incomes of banks after introduction of IFRS is statistically insignificant. The obtained results are, therefore, consistent with the findings of previous research conducted on non-financial enterprises in the context of Polish capital market.

Comparative Study on Value Relevance of Accounting Data Between Korean and Chinese Firms

Comparative Study on Value Relevance of Accounting Data Between Korean and Chinese Firms

Assessing the Value Relevance of Accounting Data After the Introduction of IFRS in Europe

AbstractSince 2005, European‐listed companies have been required to prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We examine whether value relevance increased following the introduction of IFRS, using a sample of 3,721 companies listed on five European stock exchanges: Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris, London, and Milan. We find mixed evidence of an increase in value relevance. However, the influence of earnings on share price increased following the introduction of IFRS in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, while the influence of book value of equity decreased (except for the United Kingdom).

The Effect of the Mandatory Application of IFRS on the Value Relevance of Accounting Data: Some Evidence from Greece

In this study we tested the effect of the mandatory adoption of IFRS upon the value relevance of earnings and book values using data from the Athens Stock Exchange that covered a period of two years before and two years after the mandatory adoption of IFRS. Greece is a code-law country with strong tax conformity, bank orientation and conservative accounting rules which have a negative effect on the value relevance of financial statements. As IFRS adoption promotes fair value accounting and weakens the link between taxation and accounting rules we expect earnings and book value to become more value relevant ceteris paribus. We report that the adoption of IFRS positively affected the value relevance of consolidated net income and book value although it had no effect on their unconsolidated counterparts and that consolidated accounting numbers are by far more value relevant than unconsolidated ones in both periods and, unexpectedly, this superiority is more pronounced after IFRS adoption. We also report that disaggregating net income increases the explanatory power of the earnings – book value capitalization (EBVC) model. Finally, we report that although the overall explanatory power of the model increases, the incremental explanatory power of both net income and financial income decreases. These last findings question the expected benefits of specific IFRS rules concerning the measurement of these income components. Nevertheless, assuming that the total impact of IFRS adoption is captured by the overall explanatory power of the models which actually increased, we conclude that mandating IFRS may prove beneficial even in an unfavorable context.

Country-Specific Factors Related to Financial Reporting and the Value Relevance of Accounting Data

Using financial accounting data from manufacturing firms in 16 countries for 1986-1995, we demonstrate that the value relevance of financial reports is lower for countries where the financial systems are bank-oriented rather than market-oriented; where private sector bodies are not involved in standard setting process; where accounting practices follow the Continental model as opposed to the British-American model; where tax rules have a greater influence on financial accounting measurements; and where spending on auditing services is relatively low. Results are robust to alternative measures of value relevance of financial accounting data, including measures based on earnings (using a regression and a hedge-portfolio approach), accruals, and earnings and book value of equity combined. We show that the extent to which earnings information is reflected in leading-period returns as compared to contemporaneous returns is greater for bank-oriented than for market-oriented countries. This feature potentially induces spurious associations between value relevance measures and financial system characteristics. Our results are robust to using value relevance measures adjusted for this confounding effect.

Security Returns and the Value Relevance of Accounting Data

INTRODUCTION Empirical market-based accounting research seeks evidence of the value relevance of accounting data via analysis of the relation between these data and various market variables. The decade of the 1990s witnessed an increasing use of price per share and market rate of return as the market variables of interest. The focus of this commentary is on regressions of price per share on the levels of various financial statement data (referred to herein as “price-levels regressions”) and regressions of returns on changes in these financial statement variables (referred to herein as “returns regressions”). The main points in the commentary are:

Country-Specific Factors Related to Financial Reporting and the Value Relevance of Accounting Data

Using financial accounting data from manufacturing firms in 16 countries for 1986-1995, we demonstrate that the value relevance of financial reports is lower for countries where the financial systems are bank-oriented rather than market-oriented; where private sector bodies are not involved in standard setting process; where accounting practices follow the Continental model as opposed to the British-American model; where tax rules have a greater influence on financial accounting measurements; and where spending on auditing services is relatively low. Results are robust to alternative measures of value relevance of financial accounting data, including measures based on earnings (using a regression and a hedge-portfolio approach), accruals, and earnings and book value of equity combined. We show that the extent to which earnings information is reflected in leading-period returns as compared to contemporaneous returns is greater for bank-oriented than for market-oriented countries. This feature potentially induces spurious associations between value relevance measures and financial system characteristics. Our results are robust to using value relevance measures adjusted for this confounding effect.