This paper provides a selective survey of Ohlson and Vuolteenaho-type accounting valuation models. The focus is on the valuation, return and cost of capital dynamics of these models. Emphasis is placed primarily on variations of these models that incorporate risk aversion, parameter uncertainty...

We model the dynamic survival of earnings fixated investors in a competitive securities market that allows for learning and arbitrage and that is populated by heterogeneous investors. Our model is distinct from those based on aggressive trading by overconfident investors. We prove that in the...