Fundamental-Based Risk Measurement and its Relation with Risk Adjustment and Stock Return

Document Type : Original Article

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10.22034/iaar.2012.104581

Abstract

Empirical accounting research provides surprisingly little evidence on whether accounting earnings numbers capture cross-sectional differences in risk that are associated with cross-sectional differences in share prices. We address two questions regarding the risk-relevance of accounting numbers: (1) Are accounting-related risk measures related with market evaluations and risk pricing? (2) If so, Are these risk measures associated with traditional risk measures? Our empirical results from investigating 88 TSE companies indicate accounting-based risk measures can justify priced risk in capital market and are associated with traditional risk measures. There is also a significant relationship between accounting-based risk measures and stock returns.

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