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Accrual anomaly and corporate financing activities

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We examine the mispricing versus rational explanation of the accrual anomaly for U.K. listed firms by focusing on the interaction between accruals and equity financing activities. Portfolio-level analyses and firm-level regressions indicate that the negative relation of accruals with future profitability and stock returns occurs only when firms with low accruals that repurchase equity and firms with high accruals that issue equity are considered. In contrary, this negative relation is dampened by the inclusion of firms with low (high) accruals that issue (repurchase) equity. Our evidence suggests that investors misprice accruals in U.K. and casts doubt on the rational explanation.

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  • Papanastasopoulos, Georgios, 2017. "Accrual anomaly and corporate financing activities," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(C), pages 125-129.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:20:y:2017:i:c:p:125-129
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2016.09.012
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    Keywords

    Accruals; Profitability; Returns; Mispricing; Risk;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • M4 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting

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