Does EVA® beat earnings? Evidence on associations with stock returns and firm values

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-336

  Biddle, Gary C ^a,b   Bowen, Robert M ^a   Wallace, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash from operations; Charge for capital; Earnings; Economic profits; Economic value added (EVA); Firm market value; G14; Incremental information content; M41; Relative information content; Residual income; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031593253     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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