Title: | The Declining Value Relevance of Accounting Information and Non Information-Based Trading: An Empirical Analysis |
Authors: | Dontoh, Alex Radhakrishnan, Suresh Ronen, Joshua |
Keywords: | Noisy rational expectations equilibrium;Non-information-based trading;Value relevance |
Issue Date: | 9-Aug-2000 |
Series/Report no.: | Alex Dontoh-1 |
Abstract: | Recently, a growing body of literature has suggested that financial statements have lost their value relevance because of a shift from a traditional capital-intensive economy to a hightechnology, service-oriented economy. These conclusions are based on studies that find a temporal decline in the association between stock prices and accounting information (earnings and book values). This paper empirically tests a theoretical prediction arising from the Noisy Rational Expectations Equilibrium model that suggests that the decline could be driven by noninformation- based (NIB) trading activity, because such trading reduces the ability of stock prices to reflect accounting information. Specifically, Dontoh et al. (2004) show that when NIB trading increases, the R-squares of a regression of stock price on accounting information declines. Our empirical tests confirm this prediction; i.e., the decline in the association between stock prices and accounting information as measured by R-squares is driven by an increase in NIB trading. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/27448 |
Appears in Collections: | Accounting Working Papers |
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