Abstract
This study examines whether ACNielsen MEAL major media advertising expenditure measures, that are publicly available at a cost, have value relevance. Our results suggest that these advertising-expenditure measures are positively associated with market value. We also find little difference in the value relevance of these expenditures among different sizes of firms. Value relevance is found to be present only for nonmanufacturing firms. This suggests that the costly information provided by ACNielsen MEAL surveys may be potentially useful to market participants in valuing firms, at least for nonmanufacturing firms. © 2009 University of Illinois.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 187-206 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of Accounting |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
Keywords
- Advertising
- Disclosure
- Intangible assets
- Value relevance