The Valuation Properties of Earnings and Book Values Reported under IAS, Domestic GAAP and U.S. GAAP: Evidence from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore
Abstract
This paper examines whether earnings or book value is the dominant valuation accounting measure for companies reporting under alternative accounting standards - International Accounting Standards (IAS)/International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) or domestic accounting standards of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Our sample consists of domestic firms in the five Asian countries and firms from these countries cross-listed in the United States as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) from 2002 to 2011. For domestic firms, book value is more informative than earnings for firms from Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Japan and Korea during 2002-2011 although their accounting standards are influenced by different systems. For the ADR sample, book value is more informative than earnings for U.S. GAAP reporters and reconcilers during 2002-2007. However, earnings are more informative than book value for U.S. GAAP reconcilers from China. After 2007, ADRs in our sample from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea continued to file under U.S. GAAP. Some ADRs from China filed under U.S. GAAP and some filed under IFRS. Earnings are more informative than book value for IFRS users; however, book value has higher incremental value relevance than earnings for U.S. GAAP users. We contribute to prior research by providing evidence on the valuation properties based on accounting measures reported under different GAAPs for the Asian countries. © 2013.
Recommended Citation
Eng, L., Sun, L., & Vichitsarawong, T. (2013). The Valuation Properties of Earnings and Book Values Reported under IAS, Domestic GAAP and U.S. GAAP: Evidence from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Advances in Accounting, 29(2), pp. 278-285. Elsevier.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2013.09.005
Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
Book value; Earnings; Residual income; Valuation models
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0882-6110
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Dec 2013
