Ghasem Blue; Nasim Lotfi
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 1-35
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Various studies (wolk & et al, 2004, Beaver & Demski ,1979) indicate that changes in reported accounting earnings lead to changes in stock prices. Since current accounting earnings is useful in predicting future earnings , So the current earning due to the ability to predict future earnings and ...
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Various studies (wolk & et al, 2004, Beaver & Demski ,1979) indicate that changes in reported accounting earnings lead to changes in stock prices. Since current accounting earnings is useful in predicting future earnings , So the current earning due to the ability to predict future earnings and future dividends, have information content In such a structure, the accounting profit indirectly have an impact on the valuation of stocks. The purpose of this study is to compare the value relevance of the total amount operating profit and cash and non-cash components of earning of the listed companies on Tehran Stock Exchange .The meaning of the value relevance is the relation of accounting variables such as earnings and its components with the company's stock value. In order to achieve the objective we selected, 91 companies from the statistical population that had necessary information for the 5 years period of the research (2007-2011). To examine the research hypotheses, panel data has been employed. For the test of research model significance t and F statistics were used. The findings of the study indicate that the value relevance of cash and accrual components of earnings compared with the overall profit is higher. According to research findings, as well as the cash component of earnings than the accrual component of earnings is more associated with the value of the firm. In addition, the value relevance of current accruals is greater than the value of non- current accruals.
Mohamad Namazi; gholamreza Rezaie
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 37-69
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The purpose of this research is to study the effects of the accruals quality and the information relevance on the agency costs for the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Hence, an attempt will be made to answer the following question: “Is there a significant relationship between the ...
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The purpose of this research is to study the effects of the accruals quality and the information relevance on the agency costs for the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Hence, an attempt will be made to answer the following question: “Is there a significant relationship between the accruals quality and the information relevance and agency costs?”. To find the answer, this research utilizes the operating expenses to sales ratios, asset turnover ratios, and Q-tobin’s ratios were employed as proxies for the agency costs. The statistical population of the study consists of 67 companies of the TSE during 2003 to 2010; and the multivariate regression is used. The results suggest that there is a reverse relationship between accruals quality, accruals quality that is adjusted according to performance and information relevance, and the agency costs criteria (i.e., operating expenses to sales ratios, asset turnover ratios, and Q-tobin’s ratios).
Mohamad Hosein Setayesh0F; Manoochehr Roosta
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 71-95
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Conservatism is the asymmetries of approving earnings and costs. This asymmetric can be influential on financial performance of the firms which is reported in terms of figures of financial statements. The purpose of this study is the investigation of the relationship between accounting conservatism and ...
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Conservatism is the asymmetries of approving earnings and costs. This asymmetric can be influential on financial performance of the firms which is reported in terms of figures of financial statements. The purpose of this study is the investigation of the relationship between accounting conservatism and financial efficiency scores as a comprehensive measure of financial performance. For this purpose, the variables of balance sheet conservatism, earnings conservatism and combined conservatism were examined along with financial efficiency scores. Based on 123 corporations from 2002 to 2011 and fixed effects model, results indicate that there is no relationship between balance sheet conservatism and financial efficiency scores, but the relationships between earnings and combined conservatism with financial efficiency scores are positive. In addition, companies have been categorized to two groups with high and low level financial efficiency scores, based on first and third quartiles of financial efficiency scores 10 years average. The results indicate that there is no significant difference between the groups with high and low scores in terms of earnings and combined conservatism.
Mahdi Moradzadehfard; Maryam Farajzadeh; Shima Karami; Morteza Adlzadeh
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 97-116
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The purpose of this research is to examine both the relationship between accounting conservatism and level of investment under the need or no need of financing conditions and the impact of ultimate ownership on this association. The statistical society of the present research contains 103 companies selecting ...
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The purpose of this research is to examine both the relationship between accounting conservatism and level of investment under the need or no need of financing conditions and the impact of ultimate ownership on this association. The statistical society of the present research contains 103 companies selecting from all companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange using removal method over the time span of 2006-2010. Combined data method with fixed effect has been used in order to test the research hypothesis. The result depicts that the association between conservatism and investment is significantly negative when a firm do not need external financing. Nonetheless, this association is significantly positive in companies which need external financing. Furthermore, we find that the relationship between conservatism and investment in the companies whose ultimate ownerships controller is governmental or semi governmental firms is significantly negative. Thus, when the agency problem is enhancing, conservatism acts as a mechanism to decrease this problem and engenders reduction in investment cost
seyed Abbas Hashemi; Saeed Samadi; Reyhaneh Hadian
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 117-143
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In current business world, companies require suitable strategies forbetter use of their resources and wealth to solve their economicproblems. For this goal, one way is development of investment. Inaddition to development of investment, the efficiency of investment isso important. Hence, this study examines ...
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In current business world, companies require suitable strategies forbetter use of their resources and wealth to solve their economicproblems. For this goal, one way is development of investment. Inaddition to development of investment, the efficiency of investment isso important. Hence, this study examines the effect of financialreporting quality and debt maturity on investment efficiency. for dataanalysis and Hypothesis testing the multiple regressions models wasused .This research has been done in 104 listed companies in TehranStock Exchange based on data contained in financial reports between2007 – 2012. The results show that upper financial reporting qualityand lower debt maturity can improve investment efficiency .resultsalso show firms with higher (lower) use of short-term debt, exhibitlower (higher) financial reporting quality effect on investmentefficiency. In other world, financial reporting quality and debtmaturity are mechanisms with some degree of substitution inenhancing investment efficiency.
Farshid Kheirallahi; Eshagh Behshoor; Farzad Eivani
Volume 11, Issue 44 , March 2015, Pages 145-161
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Decreasing interest conflicts between stockholders and executives is thecorporate governance’s role and this is accentuated when managers perceivemotivations to deviate from the advantage of stockholders. Corporategovernance is likely to diminish profit management while improving theinvestors’ ...
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Decreasing interest conflicts between stockholders and executives is thecorporate governance’s role and this is accentuated when managers perceivemotivations to deviate from the advantage of stockholders. Corporategovernance is likely to diminish profit management while improving theinvestors’ understanding of cash maintenance. This study aims atrecognizing relevance among real profit management and corporategovernance. To measure profit management, Recovery models (2006) andJenni (2010) and for measuring the relevance between cash maintenance andprofit management, modified models of Opler (1999) and Phama and Fringe(1998) have been deployed in this study. Percentage of non-obligatedmembers of executive board (executive board independence) has beenutilized as the substantial feature of corporate governance. As for testing thehypotheses, multi-variable linear regression model and integratedgeneralized least squares method were used. Considering the limitationsimposed in selection, statistical sampling of the study includes 90 acceptedcompanies in Tehran Stock Exchange that have undergone research between2008 and 2012. The findings indicate that there is a meaningful positiverelevance between real profit management and cash maintenance. Investorsdecrease cash maintenance in companies with high real profit managementand compared to businesses with strong corporate governance, weaker onespossess less evaluations of cash maintenance among those which performprofit management in its high levels.
Mahdi Moradzadeh Fard; Maryam Farajzadeh; Shima Karami
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The purpose of this research is to examine both the relationship between accounting conservatism and level of investment under the need or no need of financing conditions and the impact of ultimate ownership on this association. The statistical society of the present research contains 103 companies selecting ...
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The purpose of this research is to examine both the relationship between accounting conservatism and level of investment under the need or no need of financing conditions and the impact of ultimate ownership on this association. The statistical society of the present research contains 103 companies selecting from all companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange using removal method over the time span of 2006-2010. Combined data method with fixed effect has been used in order to test the research hypothesis. The result depicts that the association between conservatism and investment is significantly negative when a firm do not need external financing. Nonetheless, this association is significantly positive in companies which need external financing. Furthermore, we find that the relationship between conservatism and investment in the companies whose ultimate ownerships controller is governmental or semi governmental firms is significantly negative. Thus, when the agency problem is enhancing, conservatism acts as a mechanism to decrease this problem and engenders reduction in investment cost.
maryam farajzadeh
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The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between information asymmetry and mispricing of accruals in Tehran Exchange Market. hence, we hypothesize that there is a significant positive relationship between the level of information asymmetry and mispricing of accruals. we implement ...
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The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between information asymmetry and mispricing of accruals in Tehran Exchange Market. hence, we hypothesize that there is a significant positive relationship between the level of information asymmetry and mispricing of accruals. we implement Mishkin test and classification of portfolios method to respectively investigate whether there is any mispricing of accruals and its relationship with information asymmetry. Furthermore, the indirect balance sheet approach and bid-ask spread have been utilized to measure respectively accruals and information asymmetry. Thus, information of 82 entities during the time span of 5 years between 2008 to 2012 have been analyzed to test our hypothesis. The results depicts that as the level of information asymmetry enhances, the difference between coefficients of predictions and evaluation of accruals in the Mishkin test increases. In other words, as the level of information asymmetry increases, the mispricing of accruals intensifies.
