O’Hara predictions. In addition, Core et al. (2008, p. 7) suggest that the tests are insufficient to establish accrual quality as a priced risk factor. Other studies attempting to sort out the pricing of accrual quality include Aboody et al. (2005), Liu and Wysocki (2006), and Kravet and Shevlin (2010). Empirical evidence on the relation between earnings quality and the cost of equity capital will surely evolve along with the theories that relate information precision about diversifiable and non-diversifiable sources of risk to the cost of capital.