Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/77731 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association [ISSN:] 1869-4195 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 499-520
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The aim of this study is to determine whether accruals have information value beyond that provided by isolated current cash flows for the prediction of future cash flows. Using a sample of 4,397 Spanish companies (mostly privately held), we estimate in-sample regressions of future cash flows on isolated current cash flows and on accrual-based earnings. We then find that the out-of-sample prediction errors provided by the accrual-based earnings model are significantly lower than those obtained with the cash flows model. We also regress the decrease in prediction errors brought about by the addition of accruals on a set of firm-specific circumstances where accounting manipulation is expected. In all cases the decrease in prediction errors is significantly affected in the hypothesized direction.
Subjects: 
cash flows
accruals
prediction
JEL: 
M41
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Document Type: 
Article

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