Earnings response coefficient in the MENA region

Omar Farooq, Nermeen F Shehata and Siva Nathan

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 16, 1147-1152

Abstract: This article documents the earnings response coefficient (ERC) for nonfinancial firms listed in the Middle East and North Africa region during the period between 2003 and 2013. Our results show significantly positive ERC for our sample firms. The results are robust across different countries and different industries. Our results also show that ERC increases with increasing the measurement interval. It indicates that more information is incorporated in prices as the measurement interval increase. Consequently, we argue that significance of reported earnings is higher for long-term investors in the MENA region.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1403550

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