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Stock market reactions to the issuance of FAS 33 and its preceding exposure drafts

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  • REZA ESPAHBODI
  • HASSAN TEHRANIAN

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. This study examines the stock market reactions to the following events: (1) the issuance of Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) exposure draft in December 1978 requiring disclosure of price†level adjusted data, (2) the issuance of a second exposure draft in March 1979, and (3) the issuance of FAS 33 in September 1979. A sample of 119 test firms and 88 control firms is used. The statistical tests show that the results are sensitive to the choice of method used to assess information content. When cross†sectional dependency is taken into account, the hypothesis that FAS 33 and its preceding exposure drafts did not convey information to the market is rejected. Thus the issuance of a later statement that made compliance with FAS 33 optional may have been premature. Résumé. Les auteurs examinent les réactions du marché boursier aux événements suivants: 1) l'émission de l'exposé†sondage du Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) en décembre 1978 exigeant la présentation d'information indexée sur le niveau général des prix, 2) rémission d'un second exposé†sondage en mars 1979 et 3) l'émission par le FASB, en septembre 1979, de la Norme no 33. Les auteurs ont eu recours à un échantillon de 119 entreprises qu'ils ont soumises au test à un groupe contrôle de 88 entreprises. Les tests statistiques démontrent que les résultats sont sensibles à la méthode choisie pour évaluer le contenu informationnel. La prise en compte de l'effet interactif des facteurs les amène à rejeter l'hypothèse selon laquelle la Norme no 33 et les exposés†sondages qui l'ont précédée ne transmettaient pas d'information au marché. La décision subséquente du FASB de rendre facultative l'application de la Norme no 33 était peut†être prématurée.

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  • Reza Espahbodi & Hassan Tehranian, 1989. "Stock market reactions to the issuance of FAS 33 and its preceding exposure drafts," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 575-591, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:5:y:1989:i:2:p:575-591
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00725.x
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