Growth Opportunities, Earnings Permanence and the Valuation of Free Cash Flow

This paper examines empirically the effect of firm growth opportunities and earnings quality on the market valuation of free cash flow, defined as the difference between operating cash flows and capital expenditures. Equity valuation theory prescribes that free cash flow should not be associated wit...

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Main Author: Ahsan Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wollongong 2011-12-01
Series:Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
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Online Access:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol5/iss4/8