Previous studies on the value relevance of accounting information adopt Ohlson's linear information dynamics which, if ‘other information' is ignored, leads to a theoretical valuation model solely involving earnings, book value, and net shareholder cash flows or (net dividends). The lack of...

Using a sample of 528 firm-year observations, drawn from the top 500 UK listed firms for 2005 and 2006, this study employs a multivariate ordinary least squares regression to assess the value relevance of goodwill impairment losses following the adoption of IFRS No. 3 "Business Combinations."...

This study estimates the implied cost of equity capital of the Jordanian companies listed at the Amman Stock Exchange using the residual income valuation model suggested by Gebhardt, Lee, and Swaminathan (GLS) (2001). The results show that the implied cost of equity capital computed from the GLS...

This study examines the value relevance of book value, earnings and dividends for a sample of all non-financial firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) over the period 2003–2009. After controlling for the impact of the global financial crisis, empirical results provide evidence on the...

This study evaluates the extent of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of non-financial companies listed at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for the year 2006. The study adopts the disclosure index suggested by Haddad et al. (2009) and evaluates the voluntary disclosure for the Jordanian...

Bis heute sind die Entwicklungsprobleme Omans von dem traditionellen Dualismus der beiden Landesteile - Küstenregion und Inneroman - geprägt. Der Beitrag befaßt sich mit den ökonomischen Aspekten dieser Dichotomie und analysiert insbesondere die beiden unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftsstrukturen...

The objective of this study is to explore the factors influencing the decision of the students on two-year College education to accept the offer of accounting as a major. The study examines the influence of variables such as career opportunities, family members and friends, and earnings...

This study investigates the market reaction to dividend change announcements for the period 1996 to 2002 at Amman Stock Exchange. Event study methodology is applied to examine the significance of mean abnormal return on and around the announcement date, thin, trading model of Scholes and...

This paper investigates the relationship between stock prices and main macroeconomic variables (i.e. oil prices, short-term interest rate and domestic credit) that are believed to affect stock prices in the context of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets. For this purpose, this paper...