简介:Thisstudyinvestigatestheeffectsofchangesinlocalmacroeconomicriskfactorsonreturnsonthebanking,chemicals,insurance,telecommunication,andutilitiesindustriesintheU.S.market.Usingamultifactorpricingmodelanddatafrom1998:01to2017:12,empiricalresultsshowthatthebanking,chemical,andtelecommunicationindustriesshowmoredifferencesintheirstockreactionstolocalmacroeconomicriskfactors.Theinsuranceandtelecommunicationindustriesdonotreactsignificantlytoriskfactors.However,alltheindustriesshowstrongreactionstolocalmarketportfolio.
简介:Theearningsqualityoflistedcompaniesisanissueofpublicconcern.Thispaperconductsanin-depthandcomprehensiveanalysisofhowtomeasuretheearningsqualityoflistedcompaniesbyusingempiricalmethods.Theindicatorsofearningsqualityusedinthispaperincludenotonlycashflowbutalsoindicatorsthataffectthegrowthoffutureearnings.Wefindthat,firstly,inourstockreturnregressions,bothspecificandcompositeindicatorsofearningsqualityhaveincrementalexplanatorypowerforstockreturnsaftercontrollingforearningspershare,changesinearningspershare,andfirmsize.Secondly,inourfutureearningsregressions,bothspecificandcompositeindicatorsofearningsqualityhaveincrementalexplanatorypowerforfutureearningsaftercontrollingforearningspershare,changesinearningspershare,andfirmsize.Thirdly,listedcompanieswithlower(higher)earningsqualityhavepoorer(better)earningsperformanceinfutureyears.