Developing countries converging with developed-country accounting standards: Evidence from South Africa and Mexico

J Prather-Kinsey - The international journal of accounting, 2006 - Elsevier
I examine the usefulness (relevance and timeliness) of earnings announcements in two
emerging markets, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Bolsa Mexicana de …

The effect of earnings quality and country-level institutions on the value relevance of earnings

SF Cahan, D Emanuel, J Sun - Review of Quantitative Finance and …, 2009 - Springer
This study investigates the relationship between the value relevance of earnings and
earnings quality across countries. We find that there is a stronger relationship between …

Association between accounting earnings and stock returns as a measure of value relevance of accounting standards: empirical evidence from the Swiss market

L Babalyan - Available at SSRN 301923, 2001 - papers.ssrn.com
This study compares the informational content of accounting earnings reported by Swiss
companies under the standards generally accepted in Switzerland and earnings reported …

An international comparison of income statement and balance sheet information: Germany, Japan and the US

EL Black, JJ White - European Accounting Review, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
As accounting regulators develop international standards, it is helpful for them to understand
the use of financial statements by investors in different countries. In this study we compare …

Accounting practices and the market valuation of accounting numbers: Evidence from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand

RC Graham, RD King - The international journal of accounting, 2000 - Elsevier
This study examines the relation between stock prices and accounting earnings and book
values in six Asian countries: Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan …

Accounting and stock market effects of international accounting standards adoption in an emerging economy

MA Elbannan - Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2011 - Springer
This study examines the impact of the mandatory adoption of the 1997 and 2006 Egyptian
accounting standards on earnings quality and firm valuation. Extant research finds that IAS …

Empirical evidence of the effect of European accounting differences on the stock market valuation of earnings and book value

M Arce, A Mora - European Accounting Review, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, a new dimension has been added to research in accounting harmonization by
studying the effects of accounting practices and regulations on share price and return …

On the intertemporal value relevance of conventional financial accounting in Australia

M Brimble, A Hodgson - Accounting & Finance, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines whether the relevance of conventional (earnings focused) accounting
information for valuation has declined in Australia over a recent period of 28 years …

Stock prices and earnings: A history of research

PM Dechow, RG Sloan, J Zha - Annu. Rev. Financ. Econ., 2014 - annualreviews.org
Accounting earnings summarize periodic corporate financial performance and are key
determinants of stock prices. We review research on the usefulness of accounting earnings …

Discussion of disclosure practices, enforcement of accounting standards, and analysts' forecast accuracy: An international study

PF Pope - Journal of Accounting Research, 2003 - JSTOR
Hope's study reports new evidence on the links between the accuracy of analysts' earnings
forecasts and international accounting differences. The focus of the analysis is on …