Reply addresses issues with predicting annual net income using quarterly accounting data, highlighting methodological challenges.
Presents a reply to the commentary on the study on volatility in quarterly accounting data. Difficulties which arise from the use of the dependent period concept to determine a number predictive of annual net income; Basis for dependent period concept; Causes of fourth quarter adjustments; Evidence for the existence of bath items.
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Jack E. Kiger (1975) studied this question.
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