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La capacidad de los modelos Feltham-Ohlson para predecir el resultado anormal: una aplicación empírica

The predictive ability of the Feltham-Ohlson models for future earnings: An empirical analysis

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Pages 729-759 | Received 30 Jun 2004, Accepted 02 Nov 2005, Published online: 15 Jan 2014
 

RESUMEN

En este trabajo se contrasta empíricamente la validez de los modelos teóricos de valoración de Ohlson [1995] y Feltham y Ohlson [1995], a través de distintas aplicaciones con diversos grados de complejidad. Las más sencillas consideran únicamente las variables contables fundamentales: neto y resultados, mientras que las más complejas incorporan variables adicionales para captar la llamada «otra información». La muestra objeto de análisis incluye empresas no financieras cotizadas en la Bolsa de Madrid en el periodo 1991–1999. Los resultados se muestran favorables a Ohlson [1995] ya que los contrastes empíricos son consistentes con los supuestos teóricos del modelo y conllevan menores errores en la predicción de los resultados anormales. Al incorporar la variable «otra información» a través de las predicciones de los analistas se aventaja a los modelos tradicionalmente utilizados en la literatura previa. También se supera a los basados en Feltham y Ohlson [1995], ya que en éstos, la inclusión del parámetro de conservadurismo es conflictiva, pues no parece recoger apropiadamente todos los efectos del conservadurismo contable.

ABSTRACT

This paper empirically analyses the adequacy of the valuation framework developed by Ohlson [1995] and Feltham and Ohlson [1995], using specifications with different degrees of complexity. The less sophisticated ones only include the fundamental accounting variables: book value and earnings, while the more complex ones also include additional variables in order to take into account «other information». The sample contains non-financial companies listed in the Madrid Stock Exchange and refers to the period 1991–1999. Our results suggest that Ohlson [1995] advantages the other models, as long as the values obtained in the empirical tests are consistent with its theoretical assumptions and implies lower abnormal earnings prediction errors. When the «other information» variable measured using the analysts' forecasts is included in the models, the results are better than those obtained with models traditionally used in the previous literature. As for those based on Feltham and Ohlson [1995], the conservatism parameter that characterises them produces conflictive results as long as is not able to capture all the effects of accounting conservatism.

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