Motivated by recently renewed criticism of the current accrual accounting model we re-examine the extent to which cash flow and accrual accounting based measures are value relevant, and capable of explaining periodic changes in the firm's market value. Using the R square as a measure of...

Motivated by the European Union (EU) decision to mandate application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to the consolidated financial statements of all EU listed firms (Regulation (EC) 1606/2002), starting in December 2005, we compare the value relevance of accounting...