Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return

The Return on Investment (ROI) is widely regarded as a key measure of firm’s performance. The literature has recognized, mostly, that ROI will not reflect economic profitability. This study takes behavior of ROI as a function of two variables: past growth and accounting conservatism. The studied sam...

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Autores principales: Ali Rahmani, Fatemeh Karami, Bahareh Ameri
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e01f8f0af99b48ad80dc36ea75439f762021-11-04T19:47:44ZInvestigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2015.963https://doaj.org/article/e01f8f0af99b48ad80dc36ea75439f762015-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_963_45de09ee2d3565efcc31d09760ff3fd9.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XThe Return on Investment (ROI) is widely regarded as a key measure of firm’s performance. The literature has recognized, mostly, that ROI will not reflect economic profitability. This study takes behavior of ROI as a function of two variables: past growth and accounting conservatism. The studied sample consists of 61 firms listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange, in which the required data for a 5-year-period of 1386-1390 was available. In this study the growth of investment refers to the growth of expenses for advertising and R&D, and conservatism means unconditional conservatism from direct transfer of these expenses to expenditure account. The growth of investment, which may stand at a level higher or lower than a critical value, measured by internal rate of return, may be regarded as moderate or excessive. The hypotheses were tested by the regression model of panel data. The findings showed that in case of conservative accounting, higher growth results in lower level of ROI. Conversely, in case of more conservative accounting, the ROI will increase, provided that new investments grow moderately over the relevant time horizon.Ali RahmaniFatemeh KaramiBahareh AmeriShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticleunconditional conservatismgrowth of investmentreturn on investmentadvertising and r&d expendituresinternal rate of returnAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 6, Iss 20, Pp 59-81 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic unconditional conservatism
growth of investment
return on investment
advertising and r&d expenditures
internal rate of return
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle unconditional conservatism
growth of investment
return on investment
advertising and r&d expenditures
internal rate of return
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Ali Rahmani
Fatemeh Karami
Bahareh Ameri
Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
description The Return on Investment (ROI) is widely regarded as a key measure of firm’s performance. The literature has recognized, mostly, that ROI will not reflect economic profitability. This study takes behavior of ROI as a function of two variables: past growth and accounting conservatism. The studied sample consists of 61 firms listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange, in which the required data for a 5-year-period of 1386-1390 was available. In this study the growth of investment refers to the growth of expenses for advertising and R&D, and conservatism means unconditional conservatism from direct transfer of these expenses to expenditure account. The growth of investment, which may stand at a level higher or lower than a critical value, measured by internal rate of return, may be regarded as moderate or excessive. The hypotheses were tested by the regression model of panel data. The findings showed that in case of conservative accounting, higher growth results in lower level of ROI. Conversely, in case of more conservative accounting, the ROI will increase, provided that new investments grow moderately over the relevant time horizon.
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Fatemeh Karami
Bahareh Ameri
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Bahareh Ameri
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title Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
title_short Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
title_full Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
title_fullStr Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Effects of Growth and Conservatism on Bias of ROI Compared with Internal Rate of Return
title_sort investigating effects of growth and conservatism on bias of roi compared with internal rate of return
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
publishDate 2015
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