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The predictive ability of relative efficiency for future earnings: an application using data envelopment analysis to Spanish SMEs

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  • Carmelo Reverte
  • Isidoro Guzman

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Research on earnings prediction has documented that the transitory component of current earnings undermines its predictive ability about future earnings. The implication of this finding is that a measure that better captures the underlying persistent component of earnings may prove very useful in predicting future earnings when used along with current earnings. Our study, based on a large sample of 1939 Spanish Small and medium Enterprises (SMEs), investigates whether an alternative measure of performance ignored in previous research on earnings forecasting-i.e. relative efficiency-has predictive ability over and above current earnings and book value of equity. Relative efficiency captures the inherent ability of a firm-as compared to other similar firms-to make the most productive use of available resources and is measured using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) nonparametric technique. Our findings highlight that our DEA-based efficiency measure has an incremental predictive ability over and above current earnings and book value of equity for predicting future earnings. Moreover, we have further validated the models in a holdout sample and our results evidence the highest forecast accuracy of the model that includes our efficiency measure as an additional predictor to current earnings and book value of equity.

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  • Carmelo Reverte & Isidoro Guzman, 2010. "The predictive ability of relative efficiency for future earnings: an application using data envelopment analysis to Spanish SMEs," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(21), pages 2751-2757.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:42:y:2010:i:21:p:2751-2757
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964575
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    1. Arzum Buyukkeklik & Harun Dumlu & Samet Evci, 2016. "Measuring the Efficiency of Turkish SMEs: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(6), pages 190-190, June.
    2. António S. Ribeiro & Francisco Lima, 2012. "Portuguese football league efficiency and players' wages," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(6), pages 599-602, April.
    3. Monterrey Mayoral, Juan & Sánchez Segura, Amparo, 2017. "Una evaluación empírica de los métodos de predicción de la rentabilidad y su relación con las características corporativas," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 95-106.
    4. Supriyo Das & Amit Kundu, 2019. "Benchmarking a country for efficiency improvement: a DEA-based approach," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 9(1), pages 1-17, December.

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