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Craig Deegan
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Learning Objectives
In this chapter you will be introduced to
the role of capital market research in assessing the information content of accounting disclosures the assumptions of market efficiency adopted in capital market research
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Learning Objectives
the difference between capital market research that looks at the information content of accounting disclosures, and capital market research that uses share price data as a benchmark for evaluating accounting disclosures
why unexpected accounting earnings and abnormal share price returns are expected to be related the major results of capital market research into financial accounting and disclosure
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Behavioural research:
analyses individual responses to financial reporting examines decision-making by many groups
eg. bank managers, loan officers, auditors
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efficient market defined as a market that adjusts rapidly to fully impound information into share prices when the information is released
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strong form: security prices reflect all information (public and private)
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Earnings/return relation
Share prices are the sum of expected future cash flows from dividends, discounted to their present value using a rate of return commensurate with the companys risk dividends are a function of accounting earnings unexpected earnings rather than total earnings expected to be associated with a change in share price
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assumes investors are risk averse and have homogeneous expectations its use allows the researcher to focus on share price movements due to firm-specific news
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less alternative sources of information for smaller firms than larger firms
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share prices found to act as if investors fixate on reported earnings without considering relative magnitudes of cash and accrual components
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Results of CMRsize
Relationship between earnings announcements and share price movements is inversely related to the size of the entity earnings announcements found to have a greater impact on share prices of smaller firms than larger firms more information generally available for larger firms
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may be able to argue that share prices anticipate future earnings announcements for larger firms with some accuracy
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