In this dissertation, I examine the impact of earnings management and expectations management on the usefulness of earnings and analyst forecasts in firm valuation. Earnings and analyst forecasts are important inputs into accounting valuation models. Their ability to reflect current and predict...

The study reviews equity valuation, and proposes an alternative equity valuation model based on a random process modelling of earnings and equity growth. A Markov process is used to model earnings, standardized as earnings to book value, and book value based on rating category. This assumes a...

Kapitalmarktheoretische Beta-Erklärungsansätze -- Verfahren zur Ermittlung des Betafaktors bei nicht börsennotierten Unternehmen(steilen) -- Zusammenhänge fundamentaler Kennzahlen und Beta -- Panelanalytisches Beta-Zusammenhangs- und Prognosemodell -- Multifaktor Beta-Modelle.