Weekly economic activity: Measurement and informational content

conservatism and the informational content of earnings

this paper examines the relationship between accounting conservatism and informational content of earnings using data of 167 firms listed on the tehran stock exchange during 2004-2013. accounting conservatism is measured based on khan and watts' (2009) model and feltham and ohlsson (1995) price model and easton and hariss (1991) return models were used to evaluate the informational content...

Socio-economic and gender differences in nutritional content of foods advertised in popular UK weekly magazines.

BACKGROUND Advertising in magazines contributes to nutritional knowledge and social norms and may play a role in food choice and adiposity. In contrast to food advertising on television, that in magazines has received little research attention. We describe the type and nutritional content of foods advertised in popular UK weekly magazines and explore variations in these according to the socio-e...

Informational content of relative deprivation as a channel linking economic inequality to risk taking

The evidence that economic inequality (or relative deprivation) increases risk taking, as presented in PNAS by Payne et al. (1), is an insightful addition to a broader literature that finds that relative deprivation has distinct effects on individuals, not the least of which is their happiness, in addition to any direct effects of individuals’ absolute wealth or prosperity (2–4). However, when ...

Informational content of relative deprivation as a channel linking economic inequality to risk taking.

The Informational Content of Ex Ante Forecasts

Ahrrwx-The informational content of ditlercnt forecasts can be compared by regressing the actual change in a variable to be forecasted on forecasts of the change. We we the procedure in Fair and Shikr (1987) to examine the informational content of three sets of ex ante forecasts: the American Statist&i Association and National Bureau of Economic Research Survey (ASP.). Data Resources Incorporat...