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Earnings Persistence in the IT Sector

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  • Mahmoud M. Nourayi

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I analyze the stochastic properties of three measures of profitability for the Information Technology Economic Sector using a balanced panel of disaggregated US Information Technology (IT) firms during the period 1995-2009. I use three measures of profitability, return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and return on investment (ROI), employing a panel unit-root approach, which assists in identifying competitive outcomes versus non-competitive conditions stemming from new innovation and discriminant pricing practices prevalent in many segments of the IT sector. I disaggregate the sector into five segments and examine the data for cross-sectional dependence. After controlling for cross-sectional dependence, I apply Pesaran (2007) unit root (CIPS test) and find that profitability persists across segments. Our findings do not produce compelling evidence in support of the long-standing “competitive environment†hypothesis originally set forward by Mueller (1977).

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  • Mahmoud M. Nourayi, 2014. "Earnings Persistence in the IT Sector," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 4(3), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:spt:admaec:v:4:y:2014:i:3:f:4_3_1
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