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Use of Interim Earnings Information on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
List of Authors: Vieru Markku J., Schadewitz Hannu J.
Publisher: Social Science Electronic Publishing
Publication year: 2004
Journal: Social Science Research Network
Journal name in source: SSRN Electronic Journal
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.587721
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.587721
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/1520900
In this paper we study how the market uses the information on current and past interim earnings. Our hypothesis is that investors focus on a comparison of year-to-year changes in interim earnings. We provide further evidence on how the market acts in the face interim earnings announcements in an emerging market. The data is based on the Finnish market covering the years 1992-2002. We found, consistent with Ball and Bartov, evidence that investors underestimate the magnitude of the serial correlation in interim earnings. The results suggest that investors use, at least in part, a seasonal random walk model when forming earnings expectations.
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