Discussion of “Using earnings forecasts to simultaneously estimate firm-specific cost of equity and long-term growth”

Steven J. Monahan ()
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Steven J. Monahan: INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance

Review of Accounting Studies, 2011, vol. 16, issue 3, No 3, 458-463

Abstract: Abstract Accounting-based valuation models allow us to develop rigorous estimates of either value or the expected rate of return on equity capital (i.e., ERR) without making steady-state forecasts that rely on ad hoc assumptions about dividend policy. Hence, these models have great potential. Their ultimate usefulness, however, depends on the extent to which users of them make assumptions about future residual income that are consistent with the underlying accounting. Nekrasov and Ogneva contribute by developing a methodology that allows us to integrate information about accounting attributes such as conservatism into our estimates of the growth rate in residual income. Hence, their methodology can be used to improve our understanding of the role that conservatism plays in determining growth. This, in turn, improves our ability to estimate key parameters such as value and the expected rate of return on equity capital.

Keywords: Accounting-based valuation; Conservatism; Dividend-policy irrelevance; Expected rate of return on equity capital; Growth; Residual income valuation; Steady-state forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G12 G17 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/s11142-011-9146-7

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