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Does cash-based operating profitability explain the accruals anomaly in China?

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  • Du, Qingjie
  • Wang, Yang
  • Wei, K.C. John

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We investigate the relations between accruals, operating profitability, cash-based operating profitability, and the cross-section of expected stock returns in U.S. and Chinese markets. By replicating the main results in Ball et al. (2016 JFE), we confirm that cash-based operating profitability subsumes the return predictability of accruals and operating profitability in the U.S. market. Extending to the Chinese market, we similarly find that operating profitability and cash-based profitability can both predict returns but in contrast, operating profitability subsumes cash-based profitability.

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  • Du, Qingjie & Wang, Yang & Wei, K.C. John, 2020. "Does cash-based operating profitability explain the accruals anomaly in China?," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:61:y:2020:i:c:s0927538x19306870
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101336
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