Investor perception of fair value evaluation: focusing on financial instruments
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.16(1).2019.16
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Article InfoVolume 16 2019, Issue #1, pp. 203-214
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This study analyzed capital market investors’ recognition of the predictability of fair value-based valuation. It was examined if market investors overvalue the predictive value of fair value by comparing that value with that measured in accounting performance. The results reveal that investors are likely to overvalue fair value more than predictive values reflected in accounting performance. In particular, the results show that investors can gain abnormal returns through the market anomaly due to the functional fixation that investors cannot distinguish between unrealized profits and realized ones. Though there are considerable studies about accrual anomaly, few studies explore it with the separation of unrealized profits from total accruals. A number of studies about the causes of accrual anomaly have been conducted from various perspectives. The analysis of this study argues that the unrealized profits derived from fair value evaluation can be a cause of accrual anomaly. On the basis of the result, this study suggests that information about unrealized earnings should be reported separately.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)G20, M40, M41
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References28
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- Table 1. Sample selection
- Table 2. Descriptive statistics
- Table 3. Correlation matrix
- Table 4. Predictability and pricing of fair value for future performance
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