Causality between cash flow and earnings – evidence from Tehran (Iran) Stock Exchange

Nasseri, A; Sayyadi, M; Yazdifar, H; Eskandari, R; Al Bahloul, M

Abstract

This paper employs the data from 155 companies from 27 different industries listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) for the period from 2000 to 2009 to examine the direction of causality between cash flow and earnings after taking consideration of stationarity and co-integration. The results indicate that there is a bidirectional causal relationship between cash flow and earnings at the level of all individual companies, so that cash flow variables caused earning variables and vice versa. However, at the level of industrial sectors, causality exists only between Profit before Interest and Taxation (EBIT) and Cash Flow from Operating Activities (CFOA).

Citation

Nasseri, A., Sayyadi, M., Yazdifar, H., Eskandari, R., & Al Bahloul, M. (2018). Causality between cash flow and earnings – evidence from Tehran (Iran) Stock Exchange. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 17(2), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972652718776860

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 18, 2018
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 25, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Emerging Market Finance
• Print ISSN: 0972-6527
• Electronic ISSN: 0973-0710
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 210-228
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0972652718776860
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0972652718776860
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