Existing literature employs two approaches to assess the validity of alternative proxies for firm-specific cost of equity capital. One approach relies on the theoretical link between future realized returns and cost of equity capital, while the second approach relies on the theoretical link...

This commentary proposes an approach to asset measurement rooted in business valuation theory and practice. In the context of a business valuation, investors' information needs and the asset measurement investors find useful vary with the manner in which the assets are expected to realize value...

A number of theoretical studies predict an unconditional negative association between firm risk premium and firm disclosure, where additional disclosure reduces estimation risk or information asymmetry. Empirical studies based on these models frequently report mixed results. Dutta and Nezlobin...

Management earnings forecasts expressed as a range have become the most common form of quantitative management guidance. Traditionally, the proxy for the sign and the magnitude of the information conveyed by these forecasts – the forecast news – is calculated as the difference between a...

Academics and practitioners frequently highlight that overall market and industry performance is an important aspect of a firm's profitability. However, few studies allow for the decomposition of a firm's profitability into market, industry, and idiosyncratic components, and those that do often...