Results (
Thai) 1:
[Copy]Copied!
We provide evidence that firms with more transparent earnings enjoy a lower cost ofcapital.We base our earnings transparency measure on the extent to which earnings andchange in earnings covary contemporaneously with returns.We find a significant negativerelation between our transparency measure and subsequent excess and portfolio meanreturns,and expected cost of capital,even after controlling for previously documenteddeterminants of cost of capital
Being translated, please wait..
