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Finnish earnings response coefficients: the information content of losses

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  • Teppo Martikainen
  • Juha-Pekka Kallunki
  • Jukka Perttunen

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This paper provides new evidence on the information content of losses in the relation between stock returns and annual accounting earnings. Consistent with earlier US evidence, accounting losses are not significantly related to stock returns in Finland. Moreover, it is shown that the different methods used to measure earnings in Finland affect the frequency of losses, substantially altering the estimated return-earnings relation. The results suggest that earnings adjusted in accordance with the recommendations of the Finnish Committee for Corporate Analysis are not more useful than the unadjusted reported earnings in explaining stock returns in Finland.

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  • Teppo Martikainen & Juha-Pekka Kallunki & Jukka Perttunen, 1997. "Finnish earnings response coefficients: the information content of losses," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 69-81, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:euract:v:6:y:1997:i:1:p:69-81
    DOI: 10.1080/096381897336872
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