Abstract:This article aims to identify the timing of the return-earnings relationship in Brazil, that is, the degree of time lag between the occurrences of the variables. This research was developed based on assumptions from the prices lead earnings hypothesis, the fundamental premise of which is that the stock price is informationally richer than the current and past accounting earnings in terms of future earnings, which invalidates the establishment of a contemporaneous relationship (timing zero) between these variab… Show more
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