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The Effect of Earnings Recognition on Firm-Specific Information Variation

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  • Ji-Hye Park

    (School of Business Administration, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea)

  • Joong-Seok Cho

    (School of Business Administration, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea)

Abstract

We examine the relation between earnings recognition practices and firms' information environment. Using a sample of U.S. firms over the period 2000- 2012, we investigate how earnings timeliness (ETL) and smoothness affect firm information environment. To measure firms' information environment, we adopt stock return synchronicity. The timeliness of earnings recognition measures the extent to which current earnings reflect value-relevant information into stock prices. As managers use earnings smoothing as a vehicle to reveal their private information, we expect earnings smoothing improves earnings informativeness and enables the market to incorporate more firm-specific information. Our study shows that as ETL increases, the market incorporates more firm-specific information into stock prices. In addition, as a firm's earnings become more volatile (less smooth), such a firm's stock return reflects more market-wide variation relative to firm-specific information.

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  • Ji-Hye Park & Joong-Seok Cho, 2016. "The Effect of Earnings Recognition on Firm-Specific Information Variation," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 6(2), pages 386-391.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ1:2016-02-3
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    Keywords

    Earnings Smoothing; Timeliness; Stock Return Synchronicity; USA;
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    JEL classification:

    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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