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The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability
Gus De Franco
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
S.P. Kothari
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
March 14, 2011
Abstract:
Investors, regulators, academics, and researchers all emphasize the importance of financial statement comparability. However, an empirical construct of comparability is typically not specified. In addition, little evidence exists on the benefits of comparability to users. This study attempts to fill these gaps by developing a measure of financial statement comparability. Empirically, this measure is positively related to analyst following and forecast accuracy, and negatively related to analysts’ dispersion in earnings forecasts. These results suggest that financial statement comparability lowers the cost of acquiring information, and increases the overall quantity and quality of information available to analysts about the firm.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 54
Keywords: Earnings Quality, Analysts, Earnings Attributes
JEL Classification: G29, M41, M45, G34
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Date posted: September 11, 2008
; Last revised: March 15, 2011
Suggested CitationDe Franco, Gus, Kothari, S.P. and Verdi, Rodrigo S., The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability (March 14, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1266659 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1266659
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