Abstract This study examines the relation between stock prices and accounting earnings and lies in Taiwan, and Thailand. The analysis is based on a residual earnings model that empresses rite value of the in accounting system, However for the time horizons, biased accounting may affect model estimates The six countries examined in this study differ in faithfulness to clean surplus
accounting as well as bias (conservatism). The study addresses two questions. First, are there systematic differences across countries in the value relevance of accounting, and are these differences related to accounting differences? Second, are there systematic differences in these incremental and relative information content of book value per share(BVPS) and abnormal(residual) earnings per share(REPS) across the countries, and are such differences related to accounting differences? We find es across the six countries in the explanatory power of BVPS and REPS for firm values. Explanatory power. far Taiwan and Malaysia is relatively low while that for Korea and the Philippines is relatively high. These differences are generally
consistent with differences in accounting practice:however,since Korea accounting practice is strongly influenced by tax law, we did not expect the high association for Korea. Second, with respect to the incremental and relative explanatory power of BVPS and REPS, we find RVPS have high explanatory power in the Philippines and Korea but little in Taiwan. In all six countries
interpreted as suggesting accounting practice affects valuation (with Korea again as the exception). Finally, we provide evidence on the sensitivity of the riming of comparisons of stock prices and accounting values. We find that comparing prices at year-end(even though annual accounting information has been released at that time), in general, provides the highest correlation between market and accounting numbers.