In this study, the employee expenses model and earnings model are compared in order to
determine whether or not putting the employee expenses in the earning predictability models
and high relevance of accounting information to st
ock value, increases usefulness of
accounting information
determining earnings predictability as well as value relevance. In this study, the cost of
employees’ salary, which is shown under the heading of General and administrative expenses
in the income statement, is th
e only monetary information that is available for us and
relevance value is determined through the effectiveness of the models in determining stock
returns. After applying these limitation, companies which were active in Tehran Stock
Exchange from2003 to 2
012 were chosen as the target population. The results showed that
compared to earnings model, the employee expenses model provides a better prediction of the
earnings but it isn’t a better model for predicting the stock relevance (related to the return of
the stock)