Dado que la información trasmitida mediante los estados financieros corporativos tiene gran peso y que, por tanto, desempeña un papel central en los mercados de capitales, analizamos hasta qué punto las utilidades declaradas sirven para medir el desempeño y como instrumento para anticipar...

Because information conveyed by corporate financial statements is highly influential and, thus, plays a central role in capital markets, we analyze the usefulness of reported earnings to measure firm performance as well as the ability of earnings to anticipate future cash flows. Specifically, we...