Ungarbled earnings and dividends. An analysis and extension of the Beaver, Lambert, and Morse valuation model

James Arvid Ohlson

doi:10.1016/0165-4101(89)90002-5

Ungarbled earnings and dividends. An analysis and extension of the Beaver, Lambert, and Morse valuation model

James Arvid Ohlson

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This paper examines the Beaver, Lambert, and Morse (1980) valuation model that capitalizes 'ungarbled' earnings. The analysis identifies the model's unspecified capitalization factor, and it emphasizes that a complete model of ungarbled earnings must focus on the joint stochastic behavior of earnings and dividends. It is shown that expected ungarbled earnings, scaled for a constant, equal expected dividends. Except for the scale factor, no apparent economic reasons suggest that ungarbled earnings are any different from dividends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-115
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Accounting and Economics
Volume	11
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(89)90002-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Economics and Econometrics
Finance

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