This dissertation is concerned with the relationship between accounting earnings and stock prices. It consists of three empirical papers, all using a sample of firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (1990-2008). The first paper documents the existence of a drift in stock prices subsequent to quarterly earnings announcements. Two interesting empirical observations are that the drift is only significant for longer holding periods and that the drift on the short position, i.e. after bad earnings news, is negligible. The lack of downward drift on the short position is interpreted as an indication of the post-earnings announcement drift, at least partly, being explained by investors demanding a compensation for a risk factor that is omitted in the test design. The second paper illustrates under what conditions information risk in the earnings signal might explain a low announcement reaction and a price drift in the post-announcement period. It is hypothesized that two earnings signals – based either on GAAP earnings or core earnings – have different levels of information uncertainty with respect to how they depict the value creation of the firm. In the empirical sections, it is concluded that the low immediate announcement reaction and high post-announcement drift for the GAAP earnings signal is due to this signal being perceived by investors as containing more uncertainty than the core earnings signal. It is argued that this uncertainty might be due to GAAP earnings encompassing items that prior research has shown more likely to be manipulated and/or to contain estimation error. The positive association between information risk and expected return is further investigated in the third paper, where information risk is measured by earnings quality metrics. Using a new approach to estimate the implied cost of capital, it is found that Swedish investors demand a higher expected return for firms with poor earnings quality, i.e. firms associated with higher information risk. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, 2011

In February 2013, eleven Member States agreed to adopt the Commissions' Proposal for a Council Directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax, COM (2013)71 final. This article reviews three thematic areas frequently discussed by practitioners and academia alike on the impact that the Proposal could have on companies operating within participating Member States. This includes the impact on capital and related costs, business strategy and compliance considerations. I ask the question whether the unintentional repercussions could be mitigated by making adjustments to the current Proposal including the expansion of exemptions and the adoption of an implementation framework that takes inspiration from the Value Added Tax System that is already implemented across Member States. (author's abstract) / Series: WU International Taxation Research Paper Series

Globalization has led to the growth of international financial markets, as one of the results, the EU adopted IFRS in 2005 to meet the need of accounting globalization and harmonization. This action has triggered a debate about whether the adoption of IFRS is beneficial to accounting quality and information comparability. Meanwhile, China, playing a key role in the global economic development stage, realizes the importance of accounting harmonization and attempts to move towards the IFRS as well. However, to reach the goal that the Chinese companies produce financial statements that are the same as those that apply IFRS, there is still a long way to go. The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the adoption of IFRS by EU has enhanced the quality of financial reporting and accounting information comparability. Additionally, the thesis further identified the seminal undertakings for the convergence of IFRS in Europe and pointed out the implication for China’s convergence with IFRS. The empirical findings in this thesis were obtained through qualitative interviews. The empirical findings suggest that accounting quality and information comparability has been enhanced with EU’s strong and full enforcement with IFRS. With the confidence in IFRS which is gained from the success of the EU’s adoption of IFRS, a coherent result was found that the convergence towards IFRS would also benefit China in accounting quality and information comparability, and further lead to more international investments. However, when it comes to the question whether China should emulate EU’s example to adopt IFRS directly or keep CAS (Chinese Accounting Standards) which is similar to IFRS, two mixed opinions were obtained basically from Europe side and China side. Through in-depth analysis with these empirical findings, the conclusion is that it is necessary for China to take steps to build intensive programs to enhance its capacity of the adoption of IFRS, so that it could adapt itself to the fact that the IFRS is already making its way around the world as a single set of high quality global accounting standards.

企業創造價值的來源由傳統的有形資產如土地、廠房和設備等，轉變為無形的智慧資本，然而一般公認會計原則將創造智慧資本的投入視為費用加以處理，使得企業之帳面價值與市場價值的差距日益增加，公司的管理當局及投資人在評價時面臨重大困難，因而有效的智慧資本評價方式變得十分重要。本研究目的即在探討，採用收益基礎的評價模式下，何種資金成本估計方式所估計之資金成本較能有效反應投資人在考慮企業智慧資本之特性和風險後，所要求的必要報酬率，而使得以該資金成本作為折現率，估計企業智慧資本價值，所估計之結果較能反映企業之市場價值。本研究以Fama and French之三因子模式、益本比法以及市場模式估計企業之資金成本，實證結果發現如下： （1）不同資金成本估計方式所估計之結果存有一定程度的差異，而以不同資金成本估計方式所估計之資金成本作為折現率所計算之企業智慧資本價值亦有一定程度的歧異。 （2）三種估計企業資金成本的方式中，僅有Fama and French之三因子模式企業之Beta值呈正相關，而與公司規模呈負相關，為有效的資金成本估計方式。 （3）複迴歸分析結果發現，以三種方式所估計之資金成本作為折現率計算之智慧資本價值均對企業價值具有價值攸關性，而以三因子模式所估計之資金成本作為折現率計算之結果價值攸關性較高。 （4）若將企業依研發支出密度加以區分，在低研發支出密度公司中，以益本比法所估計之折現率計算之智慧資本價值攸關性最高；而在高研發支出密度以及零研發支出密度公司中均以三因子模式所估計之折現率計算之結果價值攸關性較高。 / Intellectual capital has become the origin of value of a company. But traditional GAAP views investment that is helpful to the value of untellectual capital such as R&D and advertisement as expenses, the gap between the book value and the market value of a business has become larger. This study confer that if we value a business through income-based method, what kind of estimated method of cost of capital should we use to make the estimated value of intellectual capital reflect the value of a business more efficiently. In this study we estimated cost of capital using three estimated method: factor model of Fama and French, earning to price ratio(E/P ratio), and market model, and we find: 1.If we use different kind of estimated methods, the estimated cost of capital can be different from each other. And if we use different kinds of cost of capital as discount rate, the estimated value of intellectual capital can be different from each other too. 2.Only the cost of capital that estimated through three factor model can be a effective method to estimate cost of capital of a company. 3.The value of intellectual capital can reflect the market value of the company when we use the cost of capital estimated through factor model, E/P ratio, and marlet model as the discount rate, and the result of Wald test suggest that using the cost of capital estimated by factor model as the discount rate to calculate the value of intellectual capital can reflect the market value more effeciently than others. 4.If we divide our sample into three group using the density of their R&D expenditure, we find that the cost of capital estimated by factor model can be the most efficient if a company has a higher R&D orzero expenditure.

Nos últimos anos, com a aceleração da globalização, tem-se intensificado a atividade de análise e avaliação de investimentos. Dentre as diversas técnicas de mensuração de valor e risco, mereceu especial destaque as ferramentas de avaliação de empresas, em razão da significativa profusão de negociações de e entre empresas, que inclui grande número de fusões aquisições e parcerias. Em diferentes segmentos empresas privadas de capital fechado, passam a ser alvo de grandes companhias ou vislumbram vir a ser, o que traz a necessidade ao empresariado de saber qual o valor do seu negócio, qual o valor mínimo aceitável em uma negociação, seja de venda ou de compra de investimentos. Estas necessidades justificam a busca de ferramenta de valoração. Diante disto, este trabalho visa identificar, e discutir os principais aspectos relacionados à valoração de empresas. No levantamento bibliográfico foram identificados os principais modelos de valoração onde foram criticados, apontando limitações ou desvantagens; procurou-se identificar, dentre eles, o que se adaptaria para avaliar uma empresa de capital fechado dada a limitação de informações possíveis de serem levantadas na empresa, que fosse mais referendado pelos estudiosos e o mais utilizado neste momento. Optou-se então pelos modelos de Fluxo de Caixa Descontado (FCD) e Valor Econômico, comparando-os ao Valor Patrimonial Contábil. apresentando-se à empresa e acionistas um preço de referência para que possam iniciar negociações de compra ou venda de parte ou todo do negócio. No segmento supermercadista, nos últimos anos, houve grandes negociações, passando para um nível de concentração das 5 maiores redes de 61% do mercado nacional. No estudo de caso, realizado em uma empresa do ramo de supermercados, foi feito o levantamento dos dados históricos dos últimos 5 anos, e feitas as projeções para os próximos seis exercícios, sendo calculados ou estimados, também: o beta do setor, o ROIC, o WACC, o CAPM, o Capital Operacional Investido, o Spread e a composição do capital atual. Após aplicação das premissas e cálculo do período de projeção, foi calculado o valor da perpetuidade, adicionando-o aos dois modelos de avaliação, e com isso chegou-se a um mesmo valor de valoração da empresa, que confirmaram as afirmações encontradas na bibliografia. Após comparou-se o resultado da avaliação pelo FCD e pelo Valor Econômico com o valor Patrimonial Contábil sem ajustes, apresentando assim para a empresa uma ferramenta para avaliações ou projeções de cenários e a discrepância entre os valores contábeis e econômicos da empresa. / In the last years, due to the acceleration on globalization, the activity of analysis and evaluation of investments has been intensified. Among several techniques of measurement of value and risk, the tools for firm evaluation has got special notice for the reason that it has been a meaningful profusion and partnerships. In different segments, private owned companies become or are willing to become the target of big companies and so the entrepreneurs have the necessity to know the minimum value of their businesses in transactions of buying or selling investments. That necessity justifies the search for business valuation resources. Thus, this paper aims at identify and discuss the main aspects related to business valuation. In the bibliographic search the main models of business valuation resources were identified and passed judgment on their limitations or disadvantages. An attempt on identifying one among those resources which would adapt for evaluating a privately owned company and which would be referenced by scholars and most used at the moment was made. The difficulty found was due to limitation of possible information gathering from firms. The chosen alternative was the Discounted Cash Flow models – DCF – and Economic Value in comparison to Accounting Patrimonial Value to show the company and shareholders a referential price to start transactions of buying and selling of part or the whole business. In the supermarket segment, in the last years, there were huge negotiations ending up in a concentration of five big chains which represent 61% of Brazilian market. A case study carried in a supermarket gathered historical data from the last 5 years and from those, projections for the next 6 ones were made calculating the sector beta, ROIC, WACC, CAPM and the Operational Capital invested, Spread e the composition of updated capital. After applying the predictions and calculating the projection period, perpetual value was calculated by adding that to two models of appraisal and then getting to the same value of assessment which confirm the statements in the review of bibliography. Afterwards the result of the assessment was compared to DCF and to Economic Value with Accounting Patrimonial Value without adjustments featuring an evaluating or projecting scenarios and the discrepancy between accounting values and economic values within firms.

The objective of the research reported in this dissertation is to conduct an empirical test of the hypothesis that, excluding income tax effects, the cost of capital to a firm is independent of the degree of financial leverage employed by the firm. This hypothesis, set forth by Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller in 1958, represents a challenge to the traditional view on the subject, a challenge which carries implications of considerable importance in the field of finance. The challenge has led to a lengthy controversy which can ultimately be resolved only by subjecting the hypothesis to empirical test. The basis of the test was Modigliani and Miller's Proposition II, a corollary of their fundamental hypothesis. Proposition II, in effect, states that equity investors fully discount any increase in risk due to financial leverage so that there is no possibility for the firm to reduce its cost of capital by employing financial leverage. The results of the research reported in this dissertation do not support that contention. The study indicates that, if equity investors require any increase in premium for increasing financial leverage, the premium required is significantly less than that predicted by the Modigliani-Miller Proposition II, over the range of debt-equity ratios covered by this study. The conclusion, then, is that it is possible for a firm to reduce its cost of capital by employing financial leverage. A secondary conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that earning power is an important variable to consider for inclusion in a regression model intended for use in investigating the effect of financial leverage on the cost of capital. The estimated partial regression coefficient of the earning-power variable was negative and highly significant in every cross-section year. Furthermore, earning power showed strong negative partial correlation with the debt-equity ratio. Therefore, omission of the earning-power variable from the regression model would have introduced upward bias into the estimated regression coefficient of the debt-equity ratio, making it appear that investors were reacting adversely to increasing debt-equity ratio. However, models used in previous tests of the Modigliani-Miller hypothesis have not included earning power.

[pt] Empresas não listadas em bolsa de valores exigem uma análise diferenciada em relação às companhias listadas a fim de determinar o valor justo de suas ações. Isso ocorre devido às dificuldades de diversificação e transparência das transações envolvendo empresas de capital fechado, onde apenas poucas transações são executadas ou conhecidas e não há muitos compradores e vendedores. Ademais, o preço final de ativos não listados é arbitrário e as assimetrias de informação dificultam o cálculo do valor justo. Apesar de inúmeros estudos em outros países comprovarem a existência de um desconto no valor em que companhias fechadas são transacionadas vis-à-vis seus pares listados na bolsa de valores, não existem pesquisas focando o mercado brasileiro. Neste sentido, esta dissertação utiliza informações sobre fusões e aquisições do mercado brasileiro no período entre janeiro de 2000 a julho de 2013 com o objetivo de calcular o desconto entre companhias fechadas e abertas. / [en] Private companies demand a differentiated analysis towards private enterprises in order to determine the fair price of its shares. This happens because of the diversification and transparency difficulties related to the private companies transactions, where only a few deals are executed or known and there are not many buyers and sellers. Moreover, the final price of a non-listed asset is arbitrary and the information asymmetries raise obstacle to the fair value calculations. Even though many studies in several countries confirm the existence of a discount between the value of a private company versus its stock market listed peers, there are no researches focusing in the Brazilian market. In this regard, this thesis uses the local market merger and acquisitions information occurred in the period between January of 2000 and July of 2013, with the purpose to estimate the discount between private and public companies.

Nos últimos anos, com a aceleração da globalização, tem-se intensificado a atividade de análise e avaliação de investimentos. Dentre as diversas técnicas de mensuração de valor e risco, mereceu especial destaque as ferramentas de avaliação de empresas, em razão da significativa profusão de negociações de e entre empresas, que inclui grande número de fusões aquisições e parcerias. Em diferentes segmentos empresas privadas de capital fechado, passam a ser alvo de grandes companhias ou vislumbram vir a ser, o que traz a necessidade ao empresariado de saber qual o valor do seu negócio, qual o valor mínimo aceitável em uma negociação, seja de venda ou de compra de investimentos. Estas necessidades justificam a busca de ferramenta de valoração. Diante disto, este trabalho visa identificar, e discutir os principais aspectos relacionados à valoração de empresas. No levantamento bibliográfico foram identificados os principais modelos de valoração onde foram criticados, apontando limitações ou desvantagens; procurou-se identificar, dentre eles, o que se adaptaria para avaliar uma empresa de capital fechado dada a limitação de informações possíveis de serem levantadas na empresa, que fosse mais referendado pelos estudiosos e o mais utilizado neste momento. Optou-se então pelos modelos de Fluxo de Caixa Descontado (FCD) e Valor Econômico, comparando-os ao Valor Patrimonial Contábil. apresentando-se à empresa e acionistas um preço de referência para que possam iniciar negociações de compra ou venda de parte ou todo do negócio. No segmento supermercadista, nos últimos anos, houve grandes negociações, passando para um nível de concentração das 5 maiores redes de 61% do mercado nacional. No estudo de caso, realizado em uma empresa do ramo de supermercados, foi feito o levantamento dos dados históricos dos últimos 5 anos, e feitas as projeções para os próximos seis exercícios, sendo calculados ou estimados, também: o beta do setor, o ROIC, o WACC, o CAPM, o Capital Operacional Investido, o Spread e a composição do capital atual. Após aplicação das premissas e cálculo do período de projeção, foi calculado o valor da perpetuidade, adicionando-o aos dois modelos de avaliação, e com isso chegou-se a um mesmo valor de valoração da empresa, que confirmaram as afirmações encontradas na bibliografia. Após comparou-se o resultado da avaliação pelo FCD e pelo Valor Econômico com o valor Patrimonial Contábil sem ajustes, apresentando assim para a empresa uma ferramenta para avaliações ou projeções de cenários e a discrepância entre os valores contábeis e econômicos da empresa. / In the last years, due to the acceleration on globalization, the activity of analysis and evaluation of investments has been intensified. Among several techniques of measurement of value and risk, the tools for firm evaluation has got special notice for the reason that it has been a meaningful profusion and partnerships. In different segments, private owned companies become or are willing to become the target of big companies and so the entrepreneurs have the necessity to know the minimum value of their businesses in transactions of buying or selling investments. That necessity justifies the search for business valuation resources. Thus, this paper aims at identify and discuss the main aspects related to business valuation. In the bibliographic search the main models of business valuation resources were identified and passed judgment on their limitations or disadvantages. An attempt on identifying one among those resources which would adapt for evaluating a privately owned company and which would be referenced by scholars and most used at the moment was made. The difficulty found was due to limitation of possible information gathering from firms. The chosen alternative was the Discounted Cash Flow models – DCF – and Economic Value in comparison to Accounting Patrimonial Value to show the company and shareholders a referential price to start transactions of buying and selling of part or the whole business. In the supermarket segment, in the last years, there were huge negotiations ending up in a concentration of five big chains which represent 61% of Brazilian market. A case study carried in a supermarket gathered historical data from the last 5 years and from those, projections for the next 6 ones were made calculating the sector beta, ROIC, WACC, CAPM and the Operational Capital invested, Spread e the composition of updated capital. After applying the predictions and calculating the projection period, perpetual value was calculated by adding that to two models of appraisal and then getting to the same value of assessment which confirm the statements in the review of bibliography. Afterwards the result of the assessment was compared to DCF and to Economic Value with Accounting Patrimonial Value without adjustments featuring an evaluating or projecting scenarios and the discrepancy between accounting values and economic values within firms.

This disertation labour focuses on assessment of the financial situation analyzed company using the economic value added. In theoretical part is characterized economic value added, there is described its origin, calculation variants and the posibility of using this indicator. There are defined the necessary adjustments of accounting data for achieving economic data, procedures for determing the cost of capital and pyramid decoposition economic value added. The practical part is targeted to calculate economic value added by variant of entity and equity in rated company. It is targeted to compare the results of these two variants, to pyramid decomposition EVA equity in 2014 compare 2013 and to alternatives economic value added.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:15:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1998-12-21T00:00:00Z / O trabalho aborda a questão do custo de capital em um contexto de mercados globalizados. Analisa as principais metodologias para definição das variáveis que compõem o Custo Médio Ponderado de Capital (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) e o impacto exercido pela segmentação/integração dos mercados financeiros mundiais nesta definição. Discute as relações internacionais de paridade (Purchasing Power Parity, Efeito Fisher, lnterest Rate Parity, entre outras) e suas implicações para a definição de custo de capital. Discorre sobre diversificação internacional de portfólios e instrumentos para captação de recursos no exterior, como eurobonds e ADR's, e discute a questão do custo de capital ser global ou local/divisional.