Accounting earnings summarize periodic corporate financial performance and are key determinants of stock prices. We review research on the usefulness of accounting earnings, including research on the link between accounting earnings and firm value and research on the usefulness of accounting...

A number of recent U.S. studies have documented positive abnormal returns on, and in the period immediately surrounding, the day stocks trade “ex†stock dividends and splits. This paper investigates return behaviour on and around the ex-days of similar Australian capitalisation...