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Limitations and Future Directions

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Accounting Information and Equity Valuation

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In this, the closing chapter, we discuss the limitations of the extant valuation research and suggest possible directions for moving the literature forward. We also explore the links between accounting-based valuation and other research topics and provide our thoughts on how the development of valuation theory can benefit inquiries into other accounting issues.

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    This does not mean, however, that these models deny that an information asymmetry exists in the absence of financial reporting. What is implicitly maintained is that accounting is a necessary means to portray the firm’s operation and that reported accounting data serve as the basis for market valuation; this premise is in line with the objectives of financial reporting.

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    Indeed, Demski (2004) observes that endogeneity is present over a wide spectrum of research topics in accounting.

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Zhang, G. (2014). Limitations and Future Directions. In: Accounting Information and Equity Valuation. Springer Series in Accounting Scholarship, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8160-7_13

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