Assessing the relative informativeness and permanence of pro forma earnings and GAAP operating earnings

This study investigates whether market participants perceive pro forma earnings to be more informative and more persistent than GAAP operating income by analyzing a sample of 1,149 actual pro forma press releases. We find that pro forma announcers report frequent GAAP losses and are mostly concentra...

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Main Authors: BHATTACHARYA, Nilabhra, Black, Erv, Christensen, Ted, Larson, Chad
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/967
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/1966/viewcontent/assessing_the_relative_informativeness.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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