Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data

The goal of this article is to investigate the impact of accounting information on the cost of capital as well as how the latter influences excess returns. The analysis has certain novelties: first, it extends prior works by investigating how certain components of accounting information affect stock...

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Main Authors: Apergis, Nicholas, Artikis, G., Eleftheriou, S., Sorros, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44706
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author Apergis, Nicholas
Artikis, G.
Eleftheriou, S.
Sorros, J.
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description The goal of this article is to investigate the impact of accounting information on the cost of capital as well as how the latter influences excess returns. The analysis has certain novelties: first, it extends prior works by investigating how certain components of accounting information affect stock returns through its direct effect on the cost of capital by incorporating influential components of accounting information; second, it makes use of a sample of 330 US manufacturing firms spanning the period1990Q1 to 2009Q2, while it makes use, for the first time in this literature, of the methodology of panel cointegration. The empirical findings display that accounting information affects directly the firm’s cost of capital. This, in turn, tends to exert a negative effect on the firm’s excess stock returns, an empirical documentation not captured in case researchers attempt to directly link the cost of capital and excess stock returns.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-447062017-09-13T14:10:12Z Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data Apergis, Nicholas Artikis, G. Eleftheriou, S. Sorros, J. excess returns accounting information panel firm level cost of capital US manufacturing The goal of this article is to investigate the impact of accounting information on the cost of capital as well as how the latter influences excess returns. The analysis has certain novelties: first, it extends prior works by investigating how certain components of accounting information affect stock returns through its direct effect on the cost of capital by incorporating influential components of accounting information; second, it makes use of a sample of 330 US manufacturing firms spanning the period1990Q1 to 2009Q2, while it makes use, for the first time in this literature, of the methodology of panel cointegration. The empirical findings display that accounting information affects directly the firm’s cost of capital. This, in turn, tends to exert a negative effect on the firm’s excess stock returns, an empirical documentation not captured in case researchers attempt to directly link the cost of capital and excess stock returns. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44706 10.1080/09603107.2011.613756 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group restricted
spellingShingle excess returns
accounting information
panel firm level
cost of capital
US manufacturing
Apergis, Nicholas
Artikis, G.
Eleftheriou, S.
Sorros, J.
Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title_full Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title_fullStr Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title_full_unstemmed Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title_short Accounting Information and Excess Stock Returns: The Role of The Cost of Capital - New Evidence From US Firm-level Data
title_sort accounting information and excess stock returns: the role of the cost of capital - new evidence from us firm-level data
topic excess returns
accounting information
panel firm level
cost of capital
US manufacturing
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44706